title: network attached storage — almost link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/network-attached-storage-almost/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 709 created: 2007/05/24 13:00:00 created_gmt: 2007/05/24 13:00:00 comment_status: open post_name: network-attached-storage-almost status: publish post_type: post

network attached storage — almost

Was looking at various products that provide at least a pseudo Network Attached Storage (NAS) capability for home users. Not really much to write home about. They’re all pretty expensive, and limited, in their own way. Absolute worst of the lot is from one of my favorite companies, Western Digital. Apparently they decided to go with a proprietary Windows client for making connections to their devices. Too bad.

There was one promising entry, however. The Hammer Storage MyShare. The model I was looking at, the HN1200-500 gives you 500 Gb for less than $300 on NewEgg.

In researching the device I found out that it’s basically a headless Linux box using an ARM processor. Here are the specs. With this device you can attach using any one or all of the following standard protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, CIFS, NFS, FTP, SMB. The system can also be managed from a platform-independant web interface. These features put Hammer’s offerings (they also have a 1 Tb model) way out ahead of all the competition.

In the end, I decided to go for a relatively cheap 2nd 250 Gb drive for my main workstation. The major need for more storage right now comes from video editing activity, which requires huge amounts of disk before the final product is completed. For that kind of work another local drive, accessed directly over the hardware bus, is the right choice.

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