Compared to the likes of Netgear's ReadyNAS NV+ the QNAP TS-409 Pro Turbo is significantly cheaper - over £150 - but the Netgear has upgradable DDR2 memory, bigger flash memory, a bigger (and potentially quieter) fan, a small LCD screen and basically looks better. The Netgear X-RAID similarly corresponds to the RAID migration and expansion on the TS-409 and if you don't care about upgrading it or how it looks - grab the TS-409 Pro and save yourself a ton of cash.

What about doing it yourself though? We've already showed you how to Build your own server and then improve on it - and you can have whatever hardware combination you like as long as it's got drivers for Linux. Old CPUs, motherboards and small amounts of memory are dirt cheap now and modding is our thing, yet while it's incredibly fun to do this kind of project a lot of us just want a complete solution and you're unlikely to make anything this compact and easy to use without either a significant time and skill investment.



Link: Bit Tech