Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?)

Hi,

Does anyone know of an external drive case (only the case not with a drives
included) that can be attached to a network? i.e. RJ45 instead of Firewire
or USB. Of course it could include either USB or Firewire if it also has a
network interface as well!

It would be nice if had 2,3, or 4 drives for RAID (0,1,5), but anything that
attaches to a network would be great!

Also, it would be nice to be under $500 or so.

I have seen a few 160GB systems that include 2 drives for about $800 or so
in a RAID 1 configuration. It seems that if the drives cost $100 or so then
the case is worth about $600 or less ??? Especially for a four drive
system... they should be about $400 ???

I have four new 160GB Seagate drives, that I would like to use as Network
Attached Storage for data backup on my home network.

Thank you for any info you can provide,

Aron

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?)

So basically you want a turnkey NAS for backups?

Build your own "appliance":
o Skt-370 M-ATX onboard Video+LAN + Cel-1.2 + ATX-PSU + Box
o 2x HD pair re RAID-1

True Appliance:
o Off-The-Shelf -- www.rebyte.com at ~$159
---- no O/S hard-drive -- uses CompactFlash (CF) & CF-to-IDE adapter
---- plug-n-go solution -- price is for O/S + CF + CF-to-IDE adapter
---- supports RAID-1 -- reasonable NAS via Linux, web admin, CF rugged
o DIY Linux based -- USENET :-)
---- PC with Linux / Samba
---- Client with task-scheduler & xcopy

Not a bad price tho for a plug-n-go NAS appliance compared to OTS units.
Admin is via web-interface, but recovery & rebuild is not - that is a very crude
Linux text-menu system with opportunity for human error if manual not read.

It is plug-n-go, just provide the rest and it's on CF re rugged solution.
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Dorothy Bradbury
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