I run a Ubuntu 8.04 server as a samba server on a pc upstairs... I
suppose this could be called a NAS :)

On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 16:50 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> Recently we have one more external HDD at home. This time it is a cheap
> Western Digital Mybook World Edition 500GB. The cost is only SGD175
> or about US$125. And there are a lot of discussions about some better
> ones like D-Link DNS-323 NAS with 2 bay drive.
> (http://discuss.extremetech.com/forums/1/1004367473/ShowThread.aspx).
> And then there are things like Microsoft Home Server or Linux/Samba
> or other PC based solution (especially now Atom comes out).
> (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30571/77/)
> 
> The performance of Mybook World is not that great. It is also a bit too hot.
> But one good thing is that it is really hackable due to the use of Linux.
> 
> Right now we use the USB host port as a printer server. Maybe
> I should try it with PICkit 2 to see if it works with pk2cmd.
> 
> Are you using any NAS at home? Do you like this better or a
> PC shared drive better?
> 
> Regards,
> Xiaofan

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