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Blanka:
2 things: I converted Euro to Dollar 1:1 as Apple does that always, but on other products it is little different though.
Here the NSLU2:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FSCZO?ie=UTF8&tag=inforbanki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0001FSCZO
82 dollars, and you can add up to 2 generic external USB2 drives, even in RAID if you like.
The synology comes as barebone or with a drive, but lets you open it with ease to swap it for another SATA one.
Here a 500Gb WD NAS with gigabit for 160$
http://shopper.cnet.com/external-hard-drives/western-digital-mybook-world/4014-3190_9-32401221.html#p5

patrickl:

--- Quote from: Grasshopper on June 22, 2008, 10:01:09 am ---
--- Quote from: Blanka on June 22, 2008, 09:50:08 am ---NAS is way cheaper than a barebone. For 70$ + the price of a USB2 external you have a 100mbit NAS ...

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Hmm, I must be looking in the wrong places. I haven't seen one for anywhere near that price.

Mind you, I've only really looked at the ones where you add your own drive. Maybe the all-in-one units are a bit cheaper but personally I like the flexibility of being able to add my own drive. And there is also the small matter of me already having bought a drive.

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The device Blanka is referring to is more like a USB network converter. It allows the use of USB drive enclosures/memory sticks on a network. So you would simply hook up the enclosure and drive that you already purchased to this device and connect the whole thing to your network.

Space Fractal:
If you have old components and support more than 136GB, you can just use these applications on a normal PC to and let them do the same thing. All it need to eiter boot from the CD drive or use a USB to store the OS.

FreeNAS example should been able to fit all the space, regaardless if the BIOS can store more than that.

patrickl:
BTW don't forget the cost of electricity if you are planning on running an old computer as a NAS. You'll be surprised how much running a computer 24/7 costs.

lanman31337:
i've been contemplating grabbign a single core processor, one of the 45 watt ones, no cd drive, 2 gigs of ram and a wireless card, xp, and hiding it in the house as network storage.

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