Spec me a NAS...!

[SideWinder]

Looking at a few reviews on www.trustedreviews.com and it has got me a bit confused. All i want is a NAS i can stick under my desk that can connect to my laptop and the network in my student house.

Looking for at least 2 slots for HDDs,
iTunes support,
FTP would be a nice thing to play around with.

Nothing else i can think of but my budget is no more than £175 ideally.

Edit: Oh and torrent support...not sure how that works though?

 

[TheBiznes]

The model I would suggest is the Qnap 119, but at you price point only hold 1 disk but you can attach an esta to it as well if you wanted. Fit a Samsung F1 or F3 1TB and your away.

It has all the functions you would want and more. There is a 2 disk version, but that has fans. Look at www.qnap.com for more info. I have the 109pro and I wouldn't do without it now.

 

[Zarf]

You could put together an ION based FreeNAS box on that budget. For that money you won't be able to beat it for performance or versatility with an off-the-shelf embedded device.
You could even stick windows on it and use remote desktop to administrate, that's how I use my 2003 Server. Sky's the limit as to what you do with it then - Teamspeak/mumble server, torrent box, newsgroups, web/ftp servers, anything.