Install The OS. cheap fast diy raid 5 nas. Can a RAID 5 NAS that you make yourself outperform ready-made alternatives? Bill Meade finds out.. As mentioned earlier, I used Ubuntu 6.06 desktop for the main operating system for my NAS. I'm not going to provide...

Addendum: Making ISO CDs. diy nas smackdown. Bill Meade compares homebrew NASes using ClarkConnect, Ubuntu and Windows XP Pro and comes up with interesting and surprising results.. ClarkConnect and Ubuntu 6.06 Desktop require you to download and then burn...

DIY Fireproof Safe Backup, Continued. fireproofing your data. A fireproof safe, complete with a network-attached storage(NAS) device and internal power strip, represents a reasonably sure way to back up those files that you just can't live without. We offer...

DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 1: The Cases. diy hd htpc extravaganza part1. The choices available for building your own Home Theater PC keep broadening. In Part 1 of our latest HTPC series, Siggy Moersch makes his selection from ten contenders to house a...

DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 2: Mobos, CPUs, Memory & Power. diy hd htpc extravaganza part2. Part 2 of our build-your-own HTPC series surveys the wide world of motherboards, CPUs, memory and power supplies and comes up with the picks to match our chosen...

DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 3: Tuners, Graphics, & Putting It All Together. diy hd htpc extravaganza part3. In our final installment, Siggy surveys quiet graphics cards, TV tuner cards and products for multimedia control and display. And we finally show...