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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lankavee" data-source="post: 6249486" data-attributes="member: 194046">After looking everywhere for professional grade NAS system (network attached storage), I learned the bitter truth of pricing Vs features. Golden rule “Get what you pay for”. A 4 bay NAS with 4x1TB drives with it shoots well over Rs. 200,000. A two bay NAS with 2x1TB drive merely breaks bellow 100,000. My requirement was a 6 bay (6x500TB drives), so not to mention how much something of this scale would cost. So my logical and financial reasoning would not permit buying off-the-shelf unit. Back to the drawing board, I love DIY.  Here goes the hardware itinerary;  1)High-tower server casing and PSU  2)6 Removable Hard Disk bays  3)6x500GB hard disks  4)Motherboard and Processor  5)2GB RAM  6)6 channel SATA raid controller card  7)CF to IDE adaptor and 1GB CF card  8)Duel channel LCD temperature display  9)USB-LCD Display (System status)  10)eSATA connector  Both Unity Plaza and eBay helped me to find the required components. Here goes what I have bought (some as still on the way)  Following description of each item carries an indicative pricing information as at the time of my purchase (two weeks back).  Total cost of hardware is around Rs. 110,000. When comparing a 6bay Raid 5 NAS storage system (including disks), this price is a fraction of the cost at par or probably exceeding quality.</blockquote>

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