Which VFM NAS should I buy ?

Really need a network drive now. Will essentially keep avi's, mp3's flac's on them. Was thinking of goin in for this. Buffalo Linkstation Live.
Got a quote of 10.2K for the 250 gigs and 11.9K for the 320. I was planning to go in for the 250 and later upgrade the hdd and install Freelink FreeLink for the LinkStation PRO/LIVE - Buffalo NAS-Central
Can stretch my budget to a max of 12-13K. Any other suggestions ?

If u're okay with 100Mbps speeds, why not take a look at the Thecus N299? It's for 10k approx without drives but has the advantage of RAID support. Easy for expansion later on. Has BT support inbuilt.

hey thanks. will check it out. any idea where I'll find it ? will I have to get it directly from apical ?

why spend so much
Vantec NexStar LX - NST-375LX-BK - 3.5" IDE to USB2.0 and Ethernet External NAS Hard Drive Enclosure (Black)
Apical.in : Apical TS 350S-LS

I believe both are <5k

http://www.primeabgb.com/index.php?p...mart&Itemid=28

I will be streaming media from the NAS. Do you think these models will be ok ?

I dont know if they have media servers and things like that. but they are among the cheapest way to get a drive on a LAN

Most probably, Prime is bundling HDDs with the NAS. Contact Apical directly. I know for sure the price as I was about to buy it but got the N2100 as I need faster transfer speeds.

The Vantec does not have any media servers. The N299 has bays for 2 drives, RAID, Media server, BT support etc. You can very well use it as a download rig in addition to just using it as a file server/ media server. It's a little slow so even though it's got 10/100/1000 ethernet ports, it crawls to 10/100 speeds. Other than that, it's a steal for the price.

Edit: I got this for 17k approx from Apex Enterprises. I'm PMming u their contact details in case u need to contact them.