Robert G. Brown wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Jim Lux wrote:
That's sort of the model, though.. Except with the disk drive built
in. There ARE small network attached storage devices available,
intended for the home server market, but last time I looked (about a
year ago), they all seemed to require loading a special application
on your PC or MAC for access, probably so they could implement some
sort of future Digital Rights Management. The market is so
competitive, I can't imagine that they'd make money with the hardware
alone, so I assume their idea would be to get decent penetration,
and then sell the capability to, for instance, store (legally)
downloaded music and/or video in connection with a third party
content provider. They all had quasi whizbang media player type
software that ran in connection with their thing (store your MP3s on
our server and play them on your PC!).
Righty-ho, but if you get two little paperback USB drives and work for a
minute or two with duct tape, you can accomplish "built in". Or if you
prefer you could put a swatch of velcro on the sides of the slug and
bottom of the drive -- that would make it a bit simpler to remove them.
rgb
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The NSLU2 approach really works: I've also seen a ?? Linksys / Netgear
?? home storage appliance - "toaster" - which basically has space for 2
x IDE drives, built in Ethernet and Wi-Fi. My assumption is that this,
too is running an embedded Linux under the hood. Might be OK for a cheap
all in one storage for say 600G for home. [Andy, busy building Linux
software RAIDs to get to a terabyte of cheap storage here]
A colleague at work has asked me whether an NSLU2 will support multiple
drives through a USB hub when reflashed. Can't see why not: you could
potentially get a 7 port hub, 7 x external cases and 7x drives. Cost 3W
of power for the NSLU and whatever it takes for the USB2 drives :)
I've got a spare "slug" here and one I've put Debian on :) Can expriment
if requested :)
[Sorry for any inadvertent mailer nonsense - using Thunderbird rather
than my usual command line :) ]
Andy
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