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Month: December 2012

How to offload your iTunes library to a NAS

One of its more frustrating aspects is its lack of an officially supported server component—Apple seems stubbornly unwilling to provide a real iTunes server, and so folks who would otherwise happily centrally locate a media library on a perfectly suitable NAS are stuck with islands of music.

via Ars Technica.

Author nickPosted on December 31, 2012Categories How-ToLeave a comment on How to offload your iTunes library to a NAS

Ask Slashdot: Easiest Way To Consolidate Household Media? – Slashdot

A recent Ask Slashdot quickly turned into suggestions for setting up every type of NAS possible.

Author nickPosted on December 31, 2012Categories How-ToLeave a comment on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Way To Consolidate Household Media? – Slashdot

DIY simple NAS on budget

User mzepan wrote in with a DIY NAS running FreeNAS and sporting a custom case. Check it out here.

Author nickPosted on December 24, 2012March 22, 2014Categories Custom Builds, FreeNAS, Showcase2 Comments on DIY simple NAS on budget

Hacked together NAS in a box

Hack a Day brings us a low powered OpenWRT NAS in a tin box.

Author nickPosted on December 23, 2012March 22, 2014Categories Custom Builds, Guides, ShowcaseLeave a comment on Hacked together NAS in a box

Five Best NAS Enclosures

Lifehacker has a list of the top five NASs, as voted by their readers.

Earlier in the week we asked you which NAS enclosures you thought were the best. We heard your nominations loud and clear, and now we’re back to take a look at the top five.

Author nickPosted on December 16, 2012Categories Comparisons, Netgear ReadyNAS, Prebuilt NAS, Reviews, SynologyLeave a comment on Five Best NAS Enclosures

Drobo Releases Faster 5N NAS

New features include a faster processor and an optional SSD cache.

Read more about it at Ars Technica and Drobo.com.

Author nickPosted on December 13, 2012Categories Complete Systems, DroboLeave a comment on Drobo Releases Faster 5N NAS
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