Re: Re: What NAS device to reuse existing SATA drives?!

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I spotted another one in the new Misco catalogue that arrived
yesterday, see my post on the Automated Home Forums:
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3D5294#post5294

HTH,

Tim.

On 1/6/07, noel_pilot <HA@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cheers Andy,
> In saw a couple of options on ebay but I was a biti wary of very
> unbranded boxes to be honest!!
>
> at that price im better with a synology unit at about 400 for four
> drives but cheers for the headsup
>
> Its a challenge for me at the moment, im due to need to fit a lot more
> boxes in my node 0 cupboard (ok its a cupboard under the stairs!!) and
> the pc takes up a fair bit of space,
>
> however, i only turn it on when the disk access is needed so the
> economics of upgrading to a NAS are challenging when I need to spend
> =A3400 to get essentially the same ability i have now just in a much
> smaller (and admittedly more reliable) footprint!
>
> god whats happened to me, bought my house last august and now HA
> purchases get weighed up against such stuff as new floors and desks!
>
> to keep this on topic the floor in question does involve a project to
> have numerous cables and conduit routed either under the floor or over
> the ceiling to minimise visible technology and the desk will of course
> be graced with a suitable piece of mac hardware but hey its flooring
> and furniture!! how did that take over stuff with flashing lights and
> plugs on the end in my mind!!
>
> help me! there must be some kind of course i can go on to help me with
> this problem ;)
>
> Noel