NAS vs Desktop case w/ multiple drives - Why NAS?
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NEUR0M4NCER Wrote:Thanks for all the replies and tips - given just these thoughts, I wonder why anyone would ever want a standalone 'NAS' appliance...

Home built PC NASes really pay off when you want 6+ drives- basically when you want 10+TB.

For regular folks one of those three drive NASes (especially with 2TB drives) gives them years of space.

Only us on demand video media types (XBMC users) can fill that sort of space (and maybe semi-professional photographers at best). Rips of Blu Rays, DVDs, and piles of scene Mkvs can easily fill a 10+TB NAS, which is where PC based solutions shine.

Quote:Obviously I was leaning towards the PC based NAS to begin with, but now I'm sure of it. First things first: A router with more than five Ethernet ports... Eek

Don't mess with that. Just get a good Gigabit switch and plug it in.
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