Office Depot has the Synology DiskStation DS212+ High Performance 2-bay All-in-1 NAS Server (SYN-DS212P) for $361 with free shipping. Features 2.0GHz CPU, 2 x USB 3.0 ports, 1 x eSATA port 1 x Gigabit port 1 x SD card slot and supports 2 x 3.5" SATA2 (up to 3TB) or 2 x 2.5" SATA/SSD drives.
For this money you could build yourself an incredible server on your own from scratch, or just re-use some old parts and make a doughnut kicking FreeNAS system.
Synology make great NAS product running on linux. Very stable and quiet and SMALL. Better than Windows Server. Keep in mind this device does more than store your data you can host multiple webpages, multiple email accounts, multimedia, mobile app support, squeezebox, etc.
Whileatwork - send me the pricing of the parts to build a NAS that compares to this Synology . As a matter a fact make sure the one you recommend has an UI like Synology's. Click on link for demo
For this money you could build yourself an incredible server on your own from scratch, or just re-use some old parts and make a doughnut kicking FreeNAS system.
Synology make great NAS product running on linux. Very stable and quiet and SMALL. Better than Windows Server. Keep in mind this device does more than store your data you can host multiple webpages, multiple email accounts, multimedia, mobile app support, squeezebox, etc.
Whileatwork - send me the pricing of the parts to build a NAS that compares to this Synology . As a matter a fact make sure the one you recommend has an UI like Synology's. Click on link for demo
http://www.synology.com/products/dsm_livedemo.php?lang=us