[Gllug] Portable and network storage.

Luke Dudney listmail at lukedudney.com
Fri Nov 14 11:05:29 UTC 2008


On 13/11/08 10:12, Gllug wrote:
> I am looking to upgrade my Raid array at home which currently rund on a 
> pair of IDE disks on solaris (raided).
>
> I am thinking that there is a simpler (and cheeper) way to have storage 
> than a standard PC does anybody have any suggestions or recomendations?
>
> I am thinking along the lines of the raid version of the WD My Book® 
> World Edition™ II (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=340)
>
> My requirements would be
>
> RAIDed.
> Ethertnet connection with SMB accessability.
> Hackable to the extent that it runs something like linux and you can get 
> at it.
> User servicable
>
> In addition advantages would be
> Wireless
> DHCPD server.
>   

I've heard good things about these devices: http://www.qnap.com/

Appears to tick all your boxes.

Cheers
Luke

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