My New Toy: PCI Gigabit SOHO Network Storage NAS-01G

I recently got a new NAS device from Hong Kong, and decided to move my file server role from my PC to this neat little network device. Essentially, it is a Now I can turn off my PC, and still be able to access my files from my laptop. For some reason, entry-level NAS devices targeted at the general home user are not very common in Australia. In Hong Kong, there was even a mass review of similar devices from the PC3 Magazine (in which this model unfortunately didn’t make an appearance).

Ok, let’s start by taking a look at the box. I always read the box before I buy something – at least I know what I might be getting. Some of the features are quite interesting: Gigabit LAN, FTP, Web, Print server, and it even has DLNA compatible media server plus bittorrent client. Something that might be a little confusing is “JumboFrame. Initially I thought that it referred to an excessively bulky physical enclosure, but it turns out to be an enlarged TCP frame, so that more data squeezed into the same number of transmission units.

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