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Dec 2014 06:38:40 -0800 en-us 60 Which NAS is the best NAS, get
all up in by BizNass.... Home NAS software shoot-out December
2014 edition. Given the specs inside, what should I choose? I
recently shut down my home IT business to take a juicy corporate
gig. As a result, I've got a LOT of hardware sitting around.
I've already got one server box running, but I kinda want a
dedicated NAS and I have the hardware for it. Hoping someone can
give me some pointers about what direction to run.<br> <br> The
box: an HP N40L Proliant server with 8Gb of RAM. (cruddy little
Sempron)<br> The drives: an assortment of NOT-ALIKE drives of
different sizes, all SATA<br> Proficiencies: Windows Server,
Arch/Manjaro, Ubuntu/Mint<br> <br> The real challenge here, I
think, is that all the drives are different sizes and
capacities, which may limit me to unRaid. Advice there is
recommended too.<br> <br> Do I u