[Tfug] Cheap NAS with NFS!

[Marco Savo]

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/

There is other hw supported, D-Link
DSM-G600<http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DSMG600/HomePage>will cost 60
dollars as well, Iomega
NAS 100d <http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/NAS100d/HomePage> you can find for
140 dollars (has an HD). I don't know which one has best speed, though


On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Jeff Breadner <jeff at breadner.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Marco Savo <savomarco at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2
> > It's old but fully supported, and you can put there whathever you want.
> You
> > can buy new for less than 60 dollars
>
> Yeah, the "slug" is what got me thinking about using a device like
> this instead of running a beige box full of drives, but I've seen
> reviews that say performance is not as good as it could be, especially
> given it's 10/100 MBps network connection.  I can get about 20-25 MB/s
> from my current box via gigabit, so if I'm going to spend money to
> replace this then I'd rather not take a performance hit too.
>
> But, for someone looking to start from scratch, you could definitely
> do worse than flashing an NSLU2 with Linux, especially considering the
> price (NSLU2 for $60 vs. around $500 for some of the other options
> mentioned, plus drives for both).
>
> cheers
>  Jeff
>
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