We have decided to get the Thecus 8800N NAS devices at the end of the day, since they're about 40% cheaper than having to build one. They run a Linux based OS, and uses software RAID, but I can't build a new server at this price, even with software RAID.
Hey Rudi, I'm finding myself tracing your footsteps here as we are looking at going down a similar path.
How is that Thecus working out for you?
I googled it and hit this on Tigert Direct
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4...
though it is not clear to me how many drives that comes with - looks like only 1 I guess.
thanks, -Alan