Re: [Sheflug] can anyone recommend a NAS

[David Willington <violawillington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>
> I wouldn't actually buy a pre-made NAS. It's always better to
> do-it-yourself.
>
> 1. Couple of Terabyte Seagate SATA drives, either configured as mirror or
> striped.
>
> 2. A VIA EPIA mini-ITX board has very good energy consumption. A long the
> lines of 12 watts at full load for the CPU.
>
> 3. Don't know about this, my board isn't especially noisy though. As long
> as your not sleeping near it...
>
> 4. There are many great looking mini-itx cases
> http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/productlist.aspx?Cid=48
>
> The above is basically what my family uses for a NAS server and Internet
> gateway, has worked really well for years.
> --
> John Beaumont <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for the pointers. "It's always better to do it yourself" has got me
in trouble in the past, most memorably when trying to fix the boiler, but
you could well be right in this case.

David

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