CircuitCity has this for $99 after $50IR.
LINK

i've been keeping my eyes on NAS devices as i want to build one for my network and stumble upon this. it goes for 120-150 everywhere else.

review
all the reviews say it's slow (compare to higher end NAS) but it does get the job done.

linksys NSLU2 runs a little better because it has hacked firmwares.

any coupons to make this hot?

edit: link doesn't work, just go to cc's site and search for nas200

Fixed review link

sundarshun said:How about this cheapie unit for $27/- + FS

Netgear Storage Central

Cheap -yes

but One of the worst - there are dozens of the on eBay. proprietary software means it's not real NAS, they claim it's SAN (it isn't that either)

I have the Nas 200 and it is extremely slow- even with the new firmware release. Trouble is it has a slow processor and does not have gigabit. Takes like 8hours to copy a 50gb folder.

buta78 said:I have the Nas 200 and it is extremely slow- even with the new firmware release. Trouble is it has a slow processor and does not have gigabit. Takes like 8hours to copy a 50gb folder.

WOW!! That's a deal breaker for me. Thanks.

sleepybubba said:It is NOT exacly one of the worst. You just have to know exactly what are you buying. This "toaster" has an ENTERPRISE-level file system that never needs defragmenting which alone makes it worthwhile. The area where the toaster sucks is (a) it needs a proprietary software installed on each computer that accesses it and (b) it's for M$ windowz only (and at least 90% of the world computers still run windowz)

As for the NAS in OP, if it's slower than NSLU2 - it's totally useless. I had NSLU2 with OpenSLUG and gave it up as soon as I started streaming video as it couldn't provide enough throughput.

valeadmagnet said:sundarshun said:How about this cheapie unit for $27/- + FS

Netgear Storage Central

Cheap -yes

but One of the worst - there are dozens of the on eBay. proprietary software means it's not real NAS, they claim it's SAN (it isn't that either)

Be careful - I jumped on the SC101 after reading this thread and some initial research, only to find out that it is NOT a practical for NAS. In particular, it is not possible to backup your system and then restore if it crashes. As mentioned in an earlier post, it is a SAN solution - simply for STORAGE. It is possible to format NTFS, instead of the proprietary format, but the format will not be recognized by windows if the drive is moved to say a USB enclosure for recovery.

Sleppybubba: if you are aware of a method to operate the SC101 as a true NAS, I am ALL EARS.