Re:Infrant ReadyNAS X6 (Score 1)

Yup, I've been looking for an affordable NAS unit for a while and for one reason or another I was not satisfied with what I had seen so far (the Burly box, Buffalotech NAS amount others). I recently discovered Infrant and I have to agree, either the ReadyNAS X6 or ReadyNAS 600 is a great way for home or SOHO users to easily backup and store a lot of data quickly and easily.

Infrant uses a dedicated custom CPU (NSP) specifically designed for network storage and a Linux based OS to achieve excellent performance at a reasonable price point. The X6 is ideal for home users as it offers a hybrid RAID technology (Infrant calls it X-RAID) that allows you to start off with a single drive and simply add drives (even of different sizes) as time and money allow. As you add drives the unit changes from a single drive system to RAID.

For a good idea of how these units perform check out the review in tomsnetworking, in short- they kick ass.
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-217-ProdID-H 2H5.php

Note, Infrant also offers rackmount NAS for more hardcore storage needs - and no, I don't have any affiliation w/ Infrant, I am just happy that someone finally made something that fills my requirements.