I'd second the Netgear Stora, I have three of them.
The default firmware is not wonderful but it's hackable and you can add
additional software with ipk packages to get it to work how you want - as
James mentioned, it's all on openstora.com.
eBuyer were knocking them out for about £70 each a couple of months ago, you
can get them to support RAID0, RAID1 or JBOD.
On 24 June 2011 13:01, James Ashburner <hantslug@???> wrote:
> **
> On 24/06/2011 12:48, Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> Hi all****
>
> ** **
>
> Can anyone recommend a good NAS device please? Preferably something I can
> get from the high street (Argos, PC World etc) because I need it quickly but
> failing that - online's fine. My trusty Linksys NSLU2 seems not to have
> survived the move (power supply problem and, as ever, not sure if replacing
> the power supply isn't just a probable waste of money).****
>
> ** **
>
> The NSLU2 accepted 2 USB storage devices (HDDs or even sticks) and allowed
> network access to them but worked quite nicely being able to setup password
> protected shares, ftp server etc. As mine was quite old, the web interface
> was a bit clunky despite firmware upgrade but it did seem to lock off
> certain shares for certain users and (not that I tried hard) seemed
> unbreakable to crack into. It was also silent - so the only noise came
> from the hdds themselves.****
>
> ** **
>
> Why not just buy another NSLU2? Because the one thing it didn't do was
> media streaming. In truth this isn't particularly important to me but if
> the new device could do it, it would be good to play my videos and mp3s from
> the Wii on the big TV - but no great problem if it can't.****
>
> ** **
>
> What I really want is a device that can accept the existing 2 USB HDDs I
> have (even if I have to reformat them to work) and act as the NSLU2 did.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Anything that's easy to setup, accepts 2 usb hdds and allows user level
> access to various shares would be ideal. If the filesystems it uses on the
> hdds was not NTFS etc that would also be an advantage. Any advice /
> experience anyone?****
>
> ** **
>
> Cheers****
>
> Rob****
>
> ** **
>
> Check out the Netgear Stora, you can install Mediatomb on it for streaming
> media to other devices. Also, www.openstora.com.
>
> James
>
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