NAS - Hardware Requirements

My hardware requirements are very few:

• Low power consumption - +/- 30W full load, <10w>
• High Efficiency PSU
• Quiet Case - fanless if possible
• Minimum of 4 hot swap 3.5" drive bays
• 3 Gbps SATA II Drives for the storage array
• OS to be loaded on solid state device (SD)
• GigE Network Interface
• USB HID and minimal video support for OS installation

My selected hardware is:

1. 1 - Chenbro ES34069
   Mini-ITX Case with 4-Hot Swappable Drive Bays, 120W PSU
   $171.85


2. 1 - Chenbro E434440
   4-in-1 Card Reader - Card reader - 4 in 1 ( MMC, SD, miniSD )
   $13.84


3. 3 - WD WDxxxxx
   1.5TB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Disk
   $358.50


4. 1 - MSI MS-9832-05S
   Industrial IM-945GC Mini-ITX Mainboard with 1.6 GHz dual core Atom 330 processor, 2GB DDR2 667 RAM, on-board 4 x SATA II (3 Gbps), 2 - GigE NICS
   $207.02

Total Cost to date - $751.21

I expect to add an 8GB Class 6 SD card (approximately $18) to the card reader upon which I will install the OS once selected.

That's all for now.

lbe