[ILUG] free software NASes?

[Paul Jakma]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a cheap NAS. Requirements are:

- 2 bays (or more) and RAID-1 capable
- using standard SATA drives
- must be running a free OS (Linux, BSD, Solaris)
- command line accessible/configurable/tweakable via the
   network (without invalidating any hardware warranty)
- Web interface for end-user config
- preferably upgradeable to some community backed firmware (OpenWRT,
   NSLU2, FreeNAS, etc)
- cheap
- not too slow (must be capable of sustaining 20Mbit/s streaming to
   network)

It seems Qnap's offerings fulfill most of these requirements, but I'm 
curious about experiences of other offerings like Buffalos 
TeraStation and LinkStation, NetGear ReadyNAS, Freecom, Zyxel, etc..

regards,
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