[linux-audio-user] (OT) Affordable Networked Attached Storage?

[Michael TD Nelson]

david wrote:
> carmen wrote:
>> On Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 12:15:12PM -1000, david wrote:
>>> carmen wrote:
>>>> On Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 06:33:39PM +0000, Michael TD Nelson wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an idea in mind for a product which I'd like to own. 
>>>>> Basically, I'd like to be able to buy an enclosure that takes two 
>>>>> off-the-shelf hard discs (IDE, SCSI, SATA, SAS, whatever...) and 
>>>>> connects to my LAN with an ethernet cable (gigabit preferred, but 
>>>>> 10/100 is acceptable).
>>>> the most popular route seems to be a network attached linux device 
>>>> like NSLU2 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
>>>> afaik it doesnt have internal storage of your own, and youre 
>>>> expected to plug in firewire devices, each with their own 
>>>> enclosure. but its chaep, and runs linux fast enough to handle 
>>>> rtorrent, NFS, smb, daapd and the like
>>>> theres similar devicse from netgear/belkin/etc. most can be made to 
>>>> run linux
>>> I do just fine using an old midtower system. Upgrading storage is 
>>> easier than many of the proprietary NAS devices.
>>
>> my shuttle adds $15 a month to my electric bill. all it really does 
>> is hold 2 drives and do some light services which the 266 MHz XScale 
>> would be able to handle. i should buy an NSLU2 right now, it will pay 
>> for itself in 4 months..
>
> Yup, that's why I've considered replacing my box with such a thing. 
> But when I needed to add storage to the box, a 200GB HD was only about 
> $70. I get around the electric consumption by not having the server on 
> all the time.

Thanks everyone, for your helpful replies. I'm definitely considering 
getting an NSLU2 in the near future. Does anyone know what RAID options 
are available - I hope that the OpenSLUG firmware would let me run a 
software mirror across a couple of USB drives? I think that's all I can 
hope for. I'll go try to look it up.

I would still end up with a pile of boxes and cables on the shelf (which 
is something I was hoping to avoid), but if it's reliable and affordable 
then it might be an acceptable compromise.

Thanks,
Michael