Blanketing the Airwaves

[c9]

I've asked Facebook, Twitter, and an email list, so I might as well complete the job: anybody have a good recommendation for a NAS? My budget is low, otherwise I'd just get a Drobo and be happy about it of course.

Problem: four laptops storing low-to-medium-importance stuff all over the house.

All advice welcome!

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[c9.livejournal.com]

bbp - of course you did. :)

Not interested in home server - 24/7 power consumption is not on my wish list right now. I know I'm stuck with that almost no matter what, but a tiny integrated SATA controller and basic NIC would be less electricity, so I think that's where I'll end up for now.

[petele.livejournal.com]

there's a little add-on you can get for WHS that will automagically turn on your WHS and turn it off at specific times, so you're only on that hours that you choose.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Just FYI, my Drobo (with 3 1TB drives an a 750MB drive), all the networking gear (Airport Extreme, D-Link WRT-G router, Aliant ADSL modem), and the EeePC that provides the "server brains" of my network -- draws 100 watts when busy (note that's not including the fact that the EeePC is its own UPS -- it would be slightly higher if the battery were charging). Not bad, considering. I've not seen stats on how much one of the WHS boxes draw, but it's probably less than my cobbled together solution.