I'm ready to venture into the NAS world since my house is now finished from remodeling. The entire house is wired for CAT6 to a closet/storage room in the middle of the house. From there all the wires are hooked up to a patch panel and all TV's will have a nice HTPC client to stream media from the NAS server that will be in the storage room. Here's what I just won on ebay for ~$100
Commell Miniboard VIA V4 Eden 1GHz processor LE-565-256
Main Features:
-Powerful embedded computing capacity with VIA V4 Eden 1GHz CPU
-Onboard 256 MB DDR SDRAM for embedded / anti-vibration / low profile embedded applications
-Integrated 3D/2D Graphics controller and max up to 64 MB shared with system memory
-4 x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet interface
-4 serial and 1 parallel ports for POS / multiple I/O application.
-Expansible Interface: One PCI expansive slot supports up to 2 PCI add-on cards via an additional riser card and one Mini-PCI socket
-Integrated CompactFlash interface supports CFC (Compact Flash Card)
-Form Factor 5.25" Miniboard, 146 x 203 mm or 5.75" x 8.00"
-CPU Onboard embedded VIA V4 Eden 1 GHz CPU
-Chipset VIA CN700 & VT8237R+
-Memory Onboard DDR 256MB SDRAM and one 184-pin slot supports additional 1GB DDR SDRAM.
-Real Time Clock Chipset integrated RTC with onboard lithium battery
-Watchdog Timer Generate system reset with 1 to 255 Sec./Min of time out value
-PCI Enhanced IDE Dual Channels support 4 ATAPI devices up to UDMA/133. -One 40-pin and one 44-pin IDE Port for 2.5" notebook-size HDD, slim -CD-ROM/DVD/CD-RW and cable free DOM (DiskOnModule).
-VGA Interface VIA CN700 integrated UniChrome pro 2D/3D Graphics controller and max 64 MB of video memory shared with system memory
-LVDS interface VIA VT1636 LVDS transmitter, 18/24-bit Dual channel LVDS
-Serial ATA interface 2 x Serial ATA interfaces , RAID 0 / 1 support
-LAN Interface 4 x Realtek RTL8110S-32 Gigabit Ethernet controller
-Audio VIA VT8237R+ integrated with Realtek ALC655 5.1 CH AC97
-GPIO Onboard programmable 8-bit Digital I/O interface
-Internal I/O Ports 1 x PS2, 1 x RS232/422/485, 2 x RS232, 1 x Audio, 1 x -LPT, 1 x LVDS, 4 x LAN LED pin-header, 4 x USB, 1 x silm-FDD
-External I/O Ports 1 x RS232, 1 x VGA, 4 x RJ45, 2 x USB2.0, 1 x 2-pin power jack
-Solid State Disk Onboard CompactFlash socket support CFC (Compact Flash Card)
-Expansible Interface One PCI expansive slot supports up to 2 PCI add-on cards via an additional riser card and one Mini-PCI socket ( the second PCI -Bus master of PCI slot is shared with Mini-PCI )
-Environment Power Requirement: +12V P4 4-pin power connector or +12V -DC jack input connector
-Operation Temperature 0 ~ 60 °C(32 ~ 140°F)
I have two WD 640GB harddrives ready for this system (will expand with SATA PCI card when needed)
All I need now is a nice case and psu...I liked the fact that this has 4 GIG-E ports so I can use it as an additional switch??
Commell Miniboard VIA V4 Eden 1GHz processor LE-565-256
Main Features:
-Powerful embedded computing capacity with VIA V4 Eden 1GHz CPU
-Onboard 256 MB DDR SDRAM for embedded / anti-vibration / low profile embedded applications
-Integrated 3D/2D Graphics controller and max up to 64 MB shared with system memory
-4 x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet interface
-4 serial and 1 parallel ports for POS / multiple I/O application.
-Expansible Interface: One PCI expansive slot supports up to 2 PCI add-on cards via an additional riser card and one Mini-PCI socket
-Integrated CompactFlash interface supports CFC (Compact Flash Card)
-Form Factor 5.25" Miniboard, 146 x 203 mm or 5.75" x 8.00"
-CPU Onboard embedded VIA V4 Eden 1 GHz CPU
-Chipset VIA CN700 & VT8237R+
-Memory Onboard DDR 256MB SDRAM and one 184-pin slot supports additional 1GB DDR SDRAM.
-Real Time Clock Chipset integrated RTC with onboard lithium battery
-Watchdog Timer Generate system reset with 1 to 255 Sec./Min of time out value
-PCI Enhanced IDE Dual Channels support 4 ATAPI devices up to UDMA/133. -One 40-pin and one 44-pin IDE Port for 2.5" notebook-size HDD, slim -CD-ROM/DVD/CD-RW and cable free DOM (DiskOnModule).
-VGA Interface VIA CN700 integrated UniChrome pro 2D/3D Graphics controller and max 64 MB of video memory shared with system memory
-LVDS interface VIA VT1636 LVDS transmitter, 18/24-bit Dual channel LVDS
-Serial ATA interface 2 x Serial ATA interfaces , RAID 0 / 1 support
-LAN Interface 4 x Realtek RTL8110S-32 Gigabit Ethernet controller
-Audio VIA VT8237R+ integrated with Realtek ALC655 5.1 CH AC97
-GPIO Onboard programmable 8-bit Digital I/O interface
-Internal I/O Ports 1 x PS2, 1 x RS232/422/485, 2 x RS232, 1 x Audio, 1 x -LPT, 1 x LVDS, 4 x LAN LED pin-header, 4 x USB, 1 x silm-FDD
-External I/O Ports 1 x RS232, 1 x VGA, 4 x RJ45, 2 x USB2.0, 1 x 2-pin power jack
-Solid State Disk Onboard CompactFlash socket support CFC (Compact Flash Card)
-Expansible Interface One PCI expansive slot supports up to 2 PCI add-on cards via an additional riser card and one Mini-PCI socket ( the second PCI -Bus master of PCI slot is shared with Mini-PCI )
-Environment Power Requirement: +12V P4 4-pin power connector or +12V -DC jack input connector
-Operation Temperature 0 ~ 60 °C(32 ~ 140°F)
I have two WD 640GB harddrives ready for this system (will expand with SATA PCI card when needed)
All I need now is a nice case and psu...I liked the fact that this has 4 GIG-E ports so I can use it as an additional switch??
