Terabyte File Server For $500
on 03.28.06, 05:59am in computers • share on facebook • comments (2)
[Fred Langa via MAKE] A short while ago, I received a challenge from a reader who didn’t believe me when I said in print that it was possible to put together a brand-new terabyte (1,000 Gbytes) file server for around $500. Well, you can, and I did. The example system I put together now resides on the far side of my office, offering up a thousand gigabytes–that’s a lot of disk space!–as network storage on my office LAN.
All you need to do is add a TV card, a RAID-5 controller and Windows Media Center and you have everything you need to build a Home Media Server.
Kees Leune (March 28, 2006 @ 12:27 pm)
What I am missing in the article is license fees for the operating system and the applications used. It seems that this box was made using commercially available software. I have to admit that I didn’t really read more than scanning headlines and looking at pics, but wouldn’t the software on there cost money too?
Steve (March 28, 2006 @ 1:40 pm)
If you use Windows (or MCE), sure you need to buy the appropriate software. He mentions that in the article.