Buying NAS this time instead of building

What a difference a year makes. Not so long ago, I built a 1.8TB RAID upgrade (to an existing server) for $1,712. This did not include the OS, chassis, motherboard, etc. which you had to put the raid enclosure in. Today I bought a 2TB plug and play system from LACIE: LaCie - Ethernet Disk - Gigabit Ethernet interface for $1999. Rack, chassis, OS, disks, etc. Now I don’t believe it is hardware RAID, i believe you can set up software using Windows Server, but it is fully plug and play on gigE or USB 2.0. Very cool and no blood required!