Re: Anyone use or recently researched network NAS devices ?

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The NAS devices that get mentioned quite a bit are:
- QNAP 1, 2, 4 disk enclosures www.qnap.com.tw
- Synology 1, 2, 4 disk enclosures www.synology.com
- Infrant ReadyNAS; http://www.infrant.com/main.html
- Thecus; http://www.thecus.com/index.php
- Linksys NSLU2; very strong customisation community at
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Main/HomePage

HTH

Paul
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Andy <andysideas@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for something that is complete or just an eclosure
>
>    - NAS (NFS ideall v3 but often does not mention)
>    - Print Server
>    - Bittorent downloader
>    - *Ideally media player but I think I am hoping a bit too much.
So
>    need to figure out how to get my xbox360 to work with this thing*
>
> Research so far I found this unit below, but I cannot figure out
how to get
> one into this country so alternatives are welcome. Maybe others
would be
> interested in a bulk-buy ? I've not seen bulk-buys mentioned here
for ages
> have they been outlawed ?
>
> http://www.cnetusa.com/product/specs/cld_221P.htm
> $114(*52.88 pounds according to TravelEx + international delivery +
%20
> import tax)*
>
>    - *CLD-221*
>    - A luxury USB2.0 NAS Enclosure
>    - Equipped with LCD system status screen
>    - Sharing photo, music or video on the LAN
>    - Supports iTunes(r)
>    - BitTorrent enabled
>    - Supports FTP and Samba servers
>    - PATA interface supports hard drives up to 480GB
>    - Built-in print server for easy network printing
>
>
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