On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote: >> 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=4831685&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs > > though it is not clear to me how many drives that comes with - looks > like only 1 I guess. > > thanks, > -Alan > > > -- > “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” > - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" > _______________________________________________ Hi Alan, The client who would have used this pulled out on number 99, so I haven't actually unpacked the NAS and used it.... We shipped it back to the suppliers. But from that I can see on the demo units, it's very easy to use and works quite well as an off-the-shelf option. Price wise, I couldn't put together a 2U SuperMicro with 8 drives at the same price. This device would cost me about 15 - 20% cheaper than building a similar system with a SuperMicro server + 8 drives, in our country. Here's the product URL: http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&pid=177&set_language=english -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532