[nylug-talk] Consumer grade NAS

[Spencer Ogden]

R. Mariotti wrote:
> Spencer Ogden wrote:
>   
>> Does anyone have any experience with some of the consumer grade NAS 
>> products, like this one from Buffalo?
>>
>> http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro/
>>     
>
> No info on the Buffalo - but if "cheap" is what you're looking for, take 
> a look as NASlite+ by serverelements.com.    This $24 USD facility turns 
> an old PC with as much disk as you wish to add into a great performing 
> NAS.  It supports concurrently, NFS, SMB, FTP, as well as other access 
> and performs as well as a couple of commercial NAS's I've installed at 
> client locations.
>
> Just my $.02 worth.
>   
Cheap yes, but also looking for a hassle free solution. Quiet fans are 
also a plus, as well as possibly lower power consumption (60 watts for 
the Buffalo products).

Spencer