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[Ken Pugh <kpughmisc AT pughkilleen.com>]

I'm looking at buying a network storage device for my 
home/office.  Here are the uses, specs, and possiblities I've come up with.

Uses:
a.) First level backup for notebooks.
b.) Central storage for photographs/music/etc.

1.) RAID 1
2.) 500 GB minimum
3.) Low electric usage
4.) Quiet

Possibilities:

a.) Cheap computer with lots of storage.  No hardware RAID.  Probably 
could get software RAID
b.) DLINK DNS-323 - 2 bays
c.) Buffalo Terrastation
d.) Buffalo LinkStation
d.) Infrant ReadyNAS (e.g. NV+)

My questions:

1.) Anybody have any experience with any of the small NAS 
systems?  I've taught for EMC, so I know about the big ones.  They 
just won't fit my budget.

2.) Any suggestions for additional specs?    (e.g. SATA, rather than 
IDE drives?)

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Ken