# Help me find a NAS

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**Created:** [August 29, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598 "2007-08-29T16:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598/1 "2007-08-29T16:47:14Z")

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I need to improve some of the operations in my local office, and currently we are hosting a good amount of shared files on the old slow servers in Maryland. I have approval to go ahead and by a network storage appliance, but I really cant find one that really wows me for a good price. I need something that is 500GB+ and has the capability to mirror files on multiple computers. IE User 1 changes it on their laptop, it immediately changes on the server so that when user b opens it from the server it is the most current version of the document. AND it has to cost around or \<700

I found one HP drive that provides that feature, but it seems to be geared more toward media sharing, and i have no interest in that.  
[HP Product review](http://reviews.cnet.com/external-hard-drives/hp-media-vault-pro/4505-3190_7-32516923.html?tag=prod.txt.4)

Thanks for any suggestions

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598/2 "2007-08-29T19:00:41Z")

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I just put one of those into a office that had massive scanned documents. Their new project has been wanting their desktops and laptops to sync with the storage server twice a day (morning and night) to keep things backed up. I have been looking into the windows sync but there is a number of options that I have looked into also. I will let you know when I figure out what I am going with.

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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598/3 "2007-08-29T19:54:02Z")

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talk to howie, i think he admins a few…

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**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598/4 "2007-08-30T13:16:38Z")

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Bump… I will have to check with howie, but i bet the ones he has are several thousand $, and i cant really justify that for our needs.

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**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598/5 "2007-08-30T14:08:20Z")

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You could always build a linux box that would do that

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**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-nas/34598/6 "2007-08-30T14:28:52Z")

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[quote=“itsJim,post:5,topic:34598"”]

You could always build a linux box that would do that

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we actually considered ponying up the $ to buy a nice server, and will have to eventually once some of the applications that i am writing have to be deployed, but until then, and until we get the books for this year closed I am stuck with a NAS. I mean not really stuck, it has it’s function in the office, but it wont be able to perform the truck tracking, or inventory tracking functions that i need. Ah well, this is what i got approval for it is is what i have to ride out.