Hidden World of Linux: Follow up 1 - NAS Devices

Posted by TOTMS on Apr 10, 2008 3:02 PM EDT
Why Am I Still Typing?; By Konrad Strachan
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Follow up post number 1, focusing on the specific pros and cons when it comes to building a NAS device based on Linux/BSD.

At some point I am going to buy a power meter and test a variety of old computers I have around the house to see how much power they draw, but for now I just want to give some illustrated examples of low power hardware that can be bought which are ideal for some of the uses described in my prior post.

This is the first of two follow up posts. This way I can go into detail about each specific section. In this post I will be discussing NAS (Network Attached Storage) and will follow up shortly with a post on Firewalls later.

Realistically retail NAS devices fall into two categories, ones with a single harddrive and ones with multiple harddrives....

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