[ALUG] Good NAS boxes for Linux?

[Chris G]

Does anyone hear use a NAS with their Linux system?  I.e. some sort of
Network Storage on their home/office network to provide backup disk
space and other facilities?

I have a Freecom NAS box with 500Gb in it which works OK'ish with
Linux but I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has anything which
works better.  The main problem with the Freecom box is that its SMB
implementation is rather old/limited and doesn't work particularly
well with mount.cifs to mount the Freecom disk drive across the
network.

What I'd ideally like is a low powered computer on which I can run
Linux.  The Freecom NAS (and similar boxes) are Linux based systems
but the software isn't easily accessible for updates/fixes etc. I
could use an old PC but they consume much more power, the NAS boxes
are often fanless and consume only 15 to 20 watts.

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Chris Green