Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:28 am
I've yet to see a NAS that is better than a windows home server based system, contrary to the OP.
one thing that is for example rather awesome about it: even when you buy a cheap mini-itx atom based board, the gigabit lan delivers true 100MB/s file accesses, something normally no cheap NAS delivers. that, on it's own, lets you use the NAS as if it's a local disk (and a fast one at that).
the backup system is beyond any other in ease of use, and quality. it's a simple just-works-thing, worth so much.
and it's flexible, as it's a full win2003 server. for me, that means hosting my programming projects on the installed visual svn server on it, and having an sql express server installed on it to test projects. for others, that means autoripping of dvds and audio cds to put them into your network, etc. and for even other ones, it means full home automation delivered over it.
anyways, i'd never go back to a NAS, it's just ridiculous crap compared to what whs delivers. the disk-system rocks, too. plug in a disk, and voilà , your storage space just grew. no raiding, no managing, nothing.
i'd really suggest you do a review of it, but use it for a while first, playing and exploring it.
one thing that is for example rather awesome about it: even when you buy a cheap mini-itx atom based board, the gigabit lan delivers true 100MB/s file accesses, something normally no cheap NAS delivers. that, on it's own, lets you use the NAS as if it's a local disk (and a fast one at that).
the backup system is beyond any other in ease of use, and quality. it's a simple just-works-thing, worth so much.
and it's flexible, as it's a full win2003 server. for me, that means hosting my programming projects on the installed visual svn server on it, and having an sql express server installed on it to test projects. for others, that means autoripping of dvds and audio cds to put them into your network, etc. and for even other ones, it means full home automation delivered over it.
anyways, i'd never go back to a NAS, it's just ridiculous crap compared to what whs delivers. the disk-system rocks, too. plug in a disk, and voilà , your storage space just grew. no raiding, no managing, nothing.
i'd really suggest you do a review of it, but use it for a while first, playing and exploring it.