[Gloucs] Cheapo NAS

[Glyn Davies]

'lo again.

Anyone have and experience with cheap NAS drives. Typically these are 
like a USB hard drive but also have a 10/100 Ethernet interface.

Ebuyer do this Freecom one - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147969 - but 
reviewers say the underlying disk format is FAT32 which means you can't 
store files greater than 4GB.

This Ebay seller seems to have something similar but the description 
suggests it supports NTFS, FAT32 and EXT3 (whether that is by Ethernet 
or just by USB I don't know).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/External-USB-Network-1000GB-1TB-LAN-NAS-Hard-Drive_W0QQitemZ110328467655QQihZ001QQcategoryZ16178QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It looks like Ebuyer sells the enclosure but the reviews suggest it 
needs a firmware upgrade.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126893

Any advice/experience on these beasties appreciated. I realise they 
won't be high performance.

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Best Regards
Glyn Davies