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Originally Posted by cranki
thx for the input, I appreciate that 
But I guess what I'm looking for is something for the (small) office, basically a server in which I can pool my HDs and backup all my stuff. Something simple and affordable  |
Get the cheapest PC in the store, load it with HDs and then share them over the network. that's what probably will fit your needs better and you will have a spare PC in case of need.
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Originally Posted by Due
I'm sorry, but mayby you are confused.
What he provided was real NAS
Was you provided was real NAS
What he provided was SPF
What you provided was SPF.
On a side note, obviously since he is speaking of external usb drives, he is not looking for high end SPF NAS servers.
As a company specialised in clusters and redundant solutions, you should not overlook the fact that a CPU and a motherboard is also a single point of failure
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Ok
You should be amazed what kind of stuff bring our clients when they come to us. I have seen more than one big company running their entire data on the kind of "NAS" he pointed in the ebay link.
Our storage solutions are not a NAS + 20 servers hanging from it... it's a bit more custom a allow 5 minute recovery after a complete rack crash