[geeks] Thoughts? (Cheap NAS with nice feature set)

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Apr 4, 2008, at 15:11 , Dan Duncan wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net 
> > wrote:
>> It's $120 + cost of HDs from Newegg.com, but it looks pretty nice  
>> for certain
>> applications:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822344001
>>
>> Mfg. link: http://www.galaxymetalgear.com/Products/3500MGBR_pro.html
>>
>> 2 SATA bays, RAID 1/0, USB expandability, 10/100/1000 ethernet,  
>> etc...
>
> I keep toying with the idea of getting something like this, but the
> one thing that stops me is this:
> What happens when the device inevitably fails?  Will I be able to put
> the disks into a
> computer and read them,

Yes, in most cases.

They are embedded Linux machines, and the Galaxy and the Hammer use  
extN filesystems.

Take the drives out and put them in a generic Linux box and mount them  
as a mirror or whatever you configured and that should be it.

Just make sure when you get one, that they use an open OS and a common  
filesystem and RAID software.


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