The storage demands of digital photography, video and music libraries are now so high on the average home user’s PC that it’s starting to make more sense to keep them on a low-cost NAS appliance. There’s certainly plenty of choice and we’re now seeing a demand for unpopulated boxes that allow you to add your own hard disks.
Infrant’s ReadyNAS NV is a fine example but its price and massive storage capacity makes it more suited to small business use. The latest N2100 from Thecus looks a more interesting alternative for home users as this compact, low cost unit is supplied empty and can be fitted with up to two SATA hard disks. A feature that increases it appeal massively is the built-in iTunes server allowing the appliance to share music automatically with iTunes clients.
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Mar 6, 2006, 08:27 AM
