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

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2008/04/07 Mon PM 06:36:06 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Thoughts? (Cheap NAS with nice feature set)

>On Apr 7, 2008, at 09:17 , Nadine Miller wrote:
>
>> Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>>> On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:35 , Lionel Peterson 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...
>>> http://en.nas-4220.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>> I'm disappointed that people have not lined up to hack the Hammer  
>>> NAS I bought last year, since it would seem possible too.
>>> Seems to me it is slower than the Hammer, but cheaper too.
>> The reviews @ Newegg do not inspire a lot of confidence, though.   
>> Not recognizing HD's on start up?
>
>Reviews for what?  The Hammer?

No, the Galaxy Metal Gear unit I mentioned...

>I've never seen the Hammer not see drives immediately.  It's worked  
>flawlessly for me anyway.

It's supposed to.

Lionel