NAS and media server

[Richard Pieri]

On Mar 5, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Rob Hasselbaum wrote:
> 
> Any recommendations for a good (preferably Linux-based) NAS and media server
> box for a home network? At a minimum, it has got to be able to do automatic
> backups of machines on the network, both Linux (rsync or sftp) and Windows
> clients. Big plus if it can also serve media to an Xbox 360.

This last is going to require Windows XP Media Center, Vista or 7 to work reliably.  The PS3 Media Server project has support for the '360 but it isn't very good at this point in time, and this is the best of the non-Windows streaming servers at this time.

--Rich P.