I'm finally producing data at home that I care about (DSLR, shooting RAW) so I'm wondering how to construct a robust file server that allows heterogenous access (windows, mac, linux, plan9), is affordable, low-power, ideally low noise, low-maintenance (I like kenf) and preferably can be built with little effort using of-the-shelf items. robustness being the main criterion.
I've been looking at coraids products but they seem a bit high-endish... something like that but then 'smaller' might be nice. I'm unsure about plugging usb-drives into wireless access points (what is apple's bonjour? open in any way?) any thoughts, experiences? (does, don'ts?) Axel.
