Im struggling to find any relatilvey cheap external HDD enclosures with a gbit LAN interface.
I need something cheapish (<Ã,£100)... I dont care if it takes PATA or SATA drives
Anyone seen such a device? Any suggestions?
Quote from: ISJX_IanIm struggling to find any relatilvey cheap external HDD enclosures with a gbit LAN interface.
I need something cheapish (<Ã,£100)... I dont care if it takes PATA or SATA drives
Anyone seen such a device? Any suggestions?
Does it need to be gbit? I would have thought 100mbps would outpace most drives :S
Its not entirely necessary, but Ill be storing most my personal files on it and most 100mbit enclosures max out at around 8-9mb/s... could get a bit messy with 4 of us using it intensively.
Quote from: ISJX_IanIts not entirely necessary, but Ill be storing most my personal files on it and most 100mbit enclosures max out at around 8-9mb/s... could get a bit messy with 4 of us using it intensively.
you have a Gbit router/hub as well?
yup, got an entirely gbit network - would be a shame to spoil that :)
There are plenty of NAS style devices with gigabit network interfaces but none that I know of in the sub Ã,£100 price range :(
Do you have an old PC you could use...there is some free software the boots from a floppy (forgotton the name) to turn it into a NAS.
EDIT: Found a few:
The Free NAS Server (http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1999/the-free-nas-server)
NasLite (http://www.serverelements.com/)
Darma NAS (http://nas.darma.com/) (dunno where youd get a copy - site says development is discontinued.