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NAS recommendations for a small business

I am looking for recommendations for network storage solutions for a small business that just runs 4 standalone XP PCs. The users do not hot desk and each have their own username and passwords for their own PC. The criteria are:-

Ethernet connection.
250Gb minimum Raid 1.
Security to prevent other users from connecting to network and accessing files.
Allow transparent acces to the 4 users after logging into their Windows XP PCs.
Not Rack mounted
Less than £750 nett.

Can I have some suggestions?

andrewjones1987

if it is simply for 4 pc's i would purchase a NAS HDD Enclosure Box from

http://www.mediacase.co.uk/?gclid=CJSkz5Cxgo8CFSasGgodpxLN3Q

and purchase an IDE Hard Disk Drive of up to 500GB and install it. Alternatively you could spend a bit more on that website and get a 250GB HDD installed.

The Enclosure simply plugs into a spare port on the network switch.

hope this helps

cescentman

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Thanks for the suggestion but form what I can see there isn't a RAID 1 option.

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Callandor

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cescentman

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Thanks for taking the time to suggest these.

I had looked at them and they look good but I can see no reference to access control other than the reference to using AD which of course won't be available in this case. Do you have personal experience of these devices, is there some sort of access control?

Callandor

I don't have personal experience with these devices. From what I've read, you control access with user and group permissions: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9041700&intsrc=hm_list

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cescentman

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Thanks for the information I am sure I shall be able to make a choice now.