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looking for a cheap nas

by halemb Jun 27, 2005 5:18PM PDT

hello

I am looking for a cheap NAS for our firm. I have found Open-E NAS ENTERPRISE (http://www.open-e.com/index.php?g=product&lang=eng&aid=151). What do you think about this solutions?? Anyone use this NAS???

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Best Regards, Halemb

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Cheap NAS = Linux.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 27, 2005 10:13PM PDT

At the end of the equation, NAS is Network Attached Storage. In no system I've seen have they escaped the need for a host CPU or OS.

As such, we often can take a simple Linux install and make it work as a NAS.

Cheers,

Bob

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Open-E NAS case studies

by ananas Jul 5, 2005 4:30AM PDT

Halemb,
here are some case studies, which might be useful:

http://www.open-e.com/index.php?g=newsm&lang=eng&aid=586

http://searchwinsystems.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid68_gci1066802,00.html

Regards
ananas

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