This post originated from an RSS feed registered with .NET Buzz by Sascha Corti. Original Post: Trying the Ximeta NDAS Feed Title: Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); Feed URL: http://www.corti.com/WebLogSascha/blogxbrowsing.asmx/GetRss? Feed Description: A technology blog with a focus on the .NET framework, the Visual Studio .NET tools and the Windows server platform with of course the normal weblog-noise on what's happening in the industry and reviews of the latest geeky gadgets. Latest .NET Buzz Posts Latest .NET Buzz Posts by Sascha Corti Latest Posts From Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

As my previous backup medium, a 60GB external USB hard disk has reached its capacity limits, I had to upgrade. But instead of just buying a bigger external disk, I got a 250GB Ximeta NDAS (Network Direct Attached Storage).

NDAS is different from NAS (Network Attached Storage) in that the device is simpler, smaller and cheaper than a full featured NAS. Why? An NAS comes with its own memory and processor and acts as an independent network client. An NDAS is no bigger (and little more expensive) than an external USB drive, but packs an Ethernet port. The trick is that it uses the accessing computer for all the networking logics, which is done via a special driver. So only those systems with that driver installed can see the NDAS - like a directly attached external disk drive - but all of them simultaneously.

Another interesting feature is the option to combine multiple NDAS devices as one, redundant array.

Now, all I need is Ximeta to provide me with a Windows 2003 certified driver for the NDAS.