Try this: 500gb drive $100 X 4==> 2TB for $400 (more like $240 if you can catch a sale) Cheap PC to serve as a server $200 max (more like $150 /w shipping at geeks.com) Router + Network card + IDE/SATA card (probably don't need, many pc's can run 4 drives out of box) =$100 max Load your fav operating system and share the drives across your network
Total: $500-$700. Save at least $400 plus you get nice server that you can run anything you want on it and easy to keep adding storage.
Many people don't want a full sized box thats going to gobble up electricity just to share files. They want something simple, that doesn't really need updating or screwing with (like most OSes do). Thats were a NAS comes in.
Also you forgot to add the cost of an OS (unless you pick Linux or plan on torrenting it ;) )
Besides, you can set it up to power down at night and wake up in the morning, or do wake on LAN. Add a wireless card and you can put it in your attic and never worry about it. Many options, totally configurable, which you really can't say about the Buffalo unit.
Yes, it's not just plug and play, you need to do some work to get it running. But for a $400 price difference, it's worth it. I don't think it would take more than 2 hours to install and set up filesharing on linux.
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$1105 for 2TB?
Try this:
500gb drive $100 X 4==> 2TB for $400 (more like $240 if you can catch a sale)
Cheap PC to serve as a server $200 max (more like $150 /w shipping at geeks.com)
Router + Network card + IDE/SATA card (probably don't need, many pc's can run 4 drives out of box) =$100 max
Load your fav operating system and share the drives across your network
Total: $500-$700. Save at least $400 plus you get nice server that you can run anything you want on it and easy to keep adding storage.
Many people don't want a full sized box thats going to gobble up electricity just to share files. They want something simple, that doesn't really need updating or screwing with (like most OSes do). Thats were a NAS comes in.
Also you forgot to add the cost of an OS (unless you pick Linux or plan on torrenting it ;) )
I don't think this will eat up too much electricity:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=D530-SFF-6B&cat=SYS
Besides, you can set it up to power down at night and wake up in the morning, or do wake on LAN. Add a wireless card and you can put it in your attic and never worry about it. Many options, totally configurable, which you really can't say about the Buffalo unit.
Setting up linux to serve files should not be that difficult.
http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/2403/2403article7.htm
Yes, it's not just plug and play, you need to do some work to get it running. But for a $400 price difference, it's worth it. I don't think it would take more than 2 hours to install and set up filesharing on linux.