Requesting a NAS build article

[Trumpy]

How about a new NAS build article? Maybe build your own storage with 4+ drives, 4+TB, hot swappable, RAID 0,1,5,6,10/ZFS ability, all under $700 including drives. what do you guys think?

 

[dEAne]

That will be good. If you like sharing files on your home or business network.

 

[sub mesa]

If anyone wants to write; i would love to proof-read it.

 

[g00ey]

But do Tom's accept and publish articles written by individual users?

I have also built a NAS server based on OpenSolaris but I spent a bit more than $700 for it. Some people might argue that the hardware is a bit overkill but at least I have found use for the extra performance by running virtual machines on it (VirtualBox) that I can use for seeding, MS Office etc.