Been looking at getting a NAS (Network Attached Storage) for a while now and I got the QNAP 209 II Pro (yes, I keep pretending I'm a pro) in the post today. I have to say, from my first hands on experience, that it is just great. 1 hour from opening the box and doing the hardware bits, I am running a multiplatform server, streaming music and video to the mac, pc and the ps3. Maybe it is a sign of having been around the block a few decades when you are surprised when tech stuff just works out of the box, but I can't help smiling on the inside when the NAS showed up in finder (without having to look for it).
Now I can rid the old PC can's four (4) hard drives of precious label master copies and chuck them, along with all the digital music I've bought, on to a 1 TB dead silent samsung drive, available on my wireless home network AND through the net, should I need anything whilst on the road. ACE. The 209 has room for another hard drive and should 2 TB (or 1 TB raided) fill up, it is only a matter of attaching up to 3 USB drives, or drive towers, to the 209. Wicked. Doesn't look half bad either.
