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Need NAS Enclosure recommendation
cranioscopical:
Not exactly what's being discussed but a reasonably-priced newcomer, FWIW.
Carol Haynes:
The user reviews of WD 'Books' I have read have not been over complimentary.
I installed one of these for a client: http://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-ReadyNAS-Duo-RND2000-Ethernet/dp/tech-data/B001O35S7M
Quite nicely made and doesn't require any software on client machines (although you can install the supplied software if you want).
Has remote access too. Mirrored RAID as standard with two drives installed.
Not DLNA compliant though as far as I know.
cranioscopical:
Not DLNA compliant though as far as I know.
-Carol Haynes (June 24, 2009, 05:28 PM)
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This one says "it is compatible with PCs, Macs, and any other DLNA media player like the PS3 and Xbox 360."
40hz:
Just had a thought...
If you're moderately ambitious, you could also build your own media server and get exactly what you want. It's not all that hard to do.
Here's the big three open source products if you're interested in taking a look. They're free. And the underlying code is the same as what's supplied with most of the pre-built NAS boxes you'll be looking at anyway. All of them are UPnP compliant.
Geexbox http://www.geexbox.org/en/index.html - one of the most popular servers out there
LinuxMCE http://linuxmce.com - powerful, elegant, and all inclusive.
There's a great video that walks you through the entire feature set and installation if you'd like a closer look at this media monster. Info and links can be found at http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Video
MediaTomb http://mediatomb.cc/ - powerful new kid on the block
Just one more thing to think about. ;D
4wd:
Geexbox http://www.geexbox.org/en/index.html - one of the most popular servers out there
LinuxMCE http://linuxmce.com - powerful, elegant, and all inclusive.
There's a great video that walks you through the entire feature set and installation if you'd like a closer look at this media monster. Info and links can be found at http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Video
MediaTomb http://mediatomb.cc/ - powerful new kid on the block
-40hz (June 24, 2009, 09:06 PM)
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You forgot the most obvious: FreeNAS - UPnP and DLNA since 2007
I'd also build my own, it would probably work out cheaper and perform better.
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