[ILUG] Wee nas box

[Ivan Griffin]

Interesting question - one which I regularly consider myself.

Totally Depends really on your requirements.  I know many have built boxes 
with OpenSolaris to get the goodness of ZFS and snapshots/time-slider 
(which is *totally* amazing).  I wouldn't get trust my data to btrfs or 
nilfs...

Occasionally sites like Misco and Komplett offer specials on low-end 
server systems (like the HP proliant ml115 for instance, which can hold 4 
drives comfortably, or the DELL PowerEdge T105 which could hold 4 at a 
push)... Generally these can be had for <200yoyos without OS, but they 
only happen occasionally..

If all you want is something small with a few USB drives hanging off it, 
then perhaps something like a SheevaPlug would do ya, which I'm sure can 
be had for less than 100yoyos :-)

Plenty of options, depends on requirements and budget.



On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, John P. Looney wrote:

> So, I want a decent NAS box at home. The syncology 4 disk jobs look really
> nice, but at 350 euro, they seem a little pricey. Surely I can do better
> with linux & some small hardware.
>
> Has anyone made a box at home ? I'm just looking for something that'll hold
> 3 or 4 disks, NFS/SMB and upnp (for media players).
>
> John
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