Re: [BackupPC-users] Best NAS device to run BackupPC ?

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Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com>

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Tue, 17 May 2011 14:05:57 -0400

"lmirguet AT microworld DOT org" <lmirguet AT microworld DOT org> wrote on 05/17/2011 01:11:42 PM: > The interest of a NAS is that it provides a strong RAID system with > a lightweight Linux system on top - and this at a reasonable price.

Yeah... No. No it does not. It provides *EXACTLY* the same RAID system that you can get with *any* old Linux system.

It may include a very attractive package: I love the size and shape of, say, the Iomega ix4-200d. But all its got is a very standard SATA interface and MD for RAID. Just like *EVERY* Linux distribution in the last decade or so.
> If you want a good RAID system on a standard server/desktop it > becomes really more expensive (as RAID systems are generally not in > the default configuration).

They are just as "in the default configuration" as that NAS device.

Low-end NAS devices offer nothing outside of packaging and turn-key operation FOR THE SOFTWARE THEY INCLUDE. Everthing else is just one sharp corner after another.

Timothy J. Massey


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