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<blockquote data-quote="finrudd341" data-source="post: 478708" data-attributes="member: 68408">Personally, and looking at your requirements, I would go with a NAS Box. If you want a server-client relationship on the network for other reasons, such as shared applications, print server, IP PBX etc, then maybe the Linux server is a good route. If all you want is secure storage, then a NAS is going to be quieter and easier to maintain. Neither is going to protect you from virus attacks though - if your PC is infected and you save an infected file to the NAS then access it from the laptop, the virus can spread.The only other thing I would consider is what your future needs might be - you can make a nice NAS &amp; server quite easily with some of the sata backplane drive assemblies (have a look at this: <a href="http://www.addonics.com/products/raid_system/rack_overview.asp" target="_blank">Storage Rack Overview from Addonics</a>) If you enjoy tinkering, the server will be more fun, but will require more input from you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="finrudd341, post: 478708, member: 68408"] Personally, and looking at your requirements, I would go with a NAS Box. If you want a server-client relationship on the network for other reasons, such as shared applications, print server, IP PBX etc, then maybe the Linux server is a good route. If all you want is secure storage, then a NAS is going to be quieter and easier to maintain. Neither is going to protect you from virus attacks though - if your PC is infected and you save an infected file to the NAS then access it from the laptop, the virus can spread. The only other thing I would consider is what your future needs might be - you can make a nice NAS & server quite easily with some of the sata backplane drive assemblies (have a look at this: [url=http://www.addonics.com/products/raid_system/rack_overview.asp]Storage Rack Overview from Addonics[/url]) If you enjoy tinkering, the server will be more fun, but will require more input from you. [/QUOTE]

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