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    What do you do with your NAS?

    I have a synology DS210j. I use it as a web development server, media storage for all my dvds (I have 2 small children that don't mix with physical media) and family photos, as well as a small-time document server to store things like bank statements, tax returns, etc...
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    Install CMS in 209j

    I recently bought the 209j and filled it with 2 1TB drives. I was trying to install wordpress for some development testing and I can't seem for the life of me to figure it out? I can't even get phpmyadmin installed. Has anyone done this successfully? I can't find any direction on synology's...
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    Small Business NAS Recommendations

    I'm a big fan of NAS's. I use a DIY RAID 0+1 NAS in my house, but I don't know that they're ready to replace traditional file servers in the commercial sector just yet. All systems out there currently lack an internal backup system and have to backup its files to another device (either another...
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    Which NAS do you use?

    are you using the server to be anything but a file server? that seems like way overkill for 500GB of storage
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    Windows Home Server, Yay or nay?

    i know using XP probably isn't the "best" solution, but it's certainly good enough for me. setting up file sharing was a lot easier, and though it lacks some of the pizazz of the pre-built NAS's, like the Synology DS-508, it's less expensive, and functional for what I need.
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    Windows Home Server, Yay or nay?

    I have to agree with a lot of what's been said here. I dabbled with the demo version of WHS and I couldn't even get the software to install on any of my 3 PCs, so I didn't go any further. I was looking at doing exactly what you were doing. I finally just re-purposed an old windows XP system to...
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