NAS Reccomendation

[BlackDwarf]

Hello all.

I'm after a flexible NAS solution to take place of my aging server computer with about 6 HDD's in it, all of varying sizes.

My plan is to purchase a 1Tb drive to go in it, but would also like to use the largest of my current drives (a 300Gb I believe) in JBOD alongside it, until finance permits another Tb.

First of all.... Is that possible? Or would a NAS box throw a hissy at 2 different size drives?

Secondly, what box would give me this ability. I'm not looking to break the bank (cheap as possible really), and (unless its not that much more expensive) am only looking for a 2-drive box.

Thank you muchos!

[rickworden]

I've got a ICY BOX Nas4220B (from SCAN for less than £100) and it's been one of my better buys. It suppports 2 SATA drives (any size) and even includes a Bit Torrent client which means you can download all day and only consume about 25W!

[BlackDwarf]

Thanks. That looks like a great little box for the price.

Anyone else with any advances on the IcyBox?

[mycarsavw]

FreeNAS on an old PC

NSLU2 if you can stand the *nix formatting

Netgear have a NAS box too - I got a IDE version from the classifieds a while ago - great bit of kit but it gets very hot.

[nutter998]

One to avoid - Thecus N299 (soes not spin down drives & numerous other problems)
Consider - Zyxel NSA220 (includes spindown, media server, printer server, ftp, torrent download)

[lancia]

Be careful with NAS i made the mistake of getting a NAS but the speed i got off it was dismal. I think it was quicker to connect via USB than ethernet. I think it is the cheaper makes/models that have this problem.