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Re: Which NAS Box?
- Subject: Re: Which NAS Box?
- From: "stuckinthemud_org" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 08:32:54 -0000
Looks an interesting alternative to the Buffalo, which the reports of
slow transfer and no firmware upgrades have put me off.
Couple of questions if I may.
Can the drives be set to spin down?
What's the noise like (I notice it's got a small 12v fan, which tend
to be nasty little noise makers)?
Jim
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "keyvan2r" <keyvan@...> wrote:
>
> I use one of these:
>
> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=288569
>
> It looks nice :-) and works fine with sonos and is very quick &
> quiet. But I agree with Mal, if cost is an issue you can use any pc
> (I have used an old PIII 800Mhz / 256Mb Gateway in the past with
> good results) and put your IDE drive in it and get one of many free
> Linux NAS software tools around - Samba or similar. If the PC case
> can take it, you can a cheap IDE-PCI contoller for more storage
> later.
>
> Keyvan
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