[Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures

[tmetro-blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Benjamin Carr wrote:
> Just a follow up, I ordered today, the price dropped to $289 - $10
> NEWCUSTOMER10 coupon, which brought it to $279 shipped with a "free" LG
> DVDRW.

Not bad.

I've found with NewEgg if you add an item to your shopping cart and
abandon it, they'll sometimes send you an email the next day with a
coupon code offering additional discount.


> This is for the model with the 200W PS, 1GB Dimm, and 160GB HD. Both of
> which will be recycled to a friend or given to the BU BUILDS group.

What are you using in place of the supplied RAM and hard drive?


> I agree with Tom, there is not much out there in low power,
> do-it-yourself NAS configurations at the moment.

I'm tempted to setup a wiki for an "open source hardware" project for a
D-I-Y NAS. Probably 2 or 3 different designs (like a 2-drive, a 4-drive,
and then maybe a 4 or 8-drive "enterprise grade" iSCSI or AoE target SAN
box). Ideally, if you could get enough users agreeing to a set of
specifications, you might be able to get some manufacturers to step up
and supply any components that aren't currently off-the-shelf items.

 -Tom

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