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Thanks, i currently have a nas with 2 internal drives, and 1 ext hdd connected. Now i wish to expand the capacity and i want a hub like device so i can just plug external HDDs in. And there is no limit of how many i can connect to it. It also must be cheap and cheerful. My nas cost me £55, and i just put in my existing HDD from my PC, job done. Now i just want to expand the central storage but still keep using the current nas without replacing the current HDD, no point wasting those good drives.

Thanks I also read with FREENAS a minimum of 8GB is required, and the OS is better installed on a USB Drive rather than HDD as the image will take up the entire disk, making other parts of the disk space unavailable for storage, so wise to install it on a 4GB USB Flash/SD Card.

So i just need to build my own NUC and install FreeNas on it?

Really, I only live next door to you in Toton. And work in Etwall. Fancy swapping jobs, think my job is closer for you and vice versa

Charging the department is the best idea. Doesn't cost the IT support anything, we just replace it and it comes out their budget. They will soon look after their equipments

This is true most teachers don't give a damn, they just want the equipment replaced. That is a good idea, charging the department for it, but unfortunately we don't do this here. Cable ties, we have cable tied them, but while this may reduce theft it does not stop vandals, and when you need to replace a broken mice, you have to cut through all the cable ties that you put on originally.

I live in Nottingham but work in south derbyshire. 40 miles a day Where is your school?

Thanks i like the NUC with USB Hub idea, what OS would you install on it?

Hey chaps, What do you do when you find an IT equipment has been stolen by someone (Kids/Staff), vandalised by kids, but you don't know who, equipment such as Mice & Keyboard We do nothing apart from just place them with a brand new one, we are having to replace mice constantly and nothing is done about it thats why they have been going at that rate. We are not allowed to install CCTV in classrooms. Cheers.

Cheers Chaps.

Bargain, we have them at work but i'm not a fan of the RT though

Symantec at work. I use avast at home

Wonder how many of these has flew by our planet and been a close call.

Hey chaps, This is for home use. I currently have a D-Link DNS-320L ShareCenter, great piece of kit, can support 2 internal drives, 1 external drive, builtin FTP Server, bittorrent and blah blah blah. I want to know is there a nas box like the size of a mini switch which you can setup then plug about 6 external drives in, making it like a storage server having 6 drives or so, dependant on the number of usb sockets of the nas. Cheers.

2000+ Pupil 200+ Staff 1NM, 1DNM, 2 Techie, 1 ICT departmental technie/clerk/teacher trainee.