AMUG Reviews Versatile Server

"Dual Drive File, Media & Web Network Server"

I'm using a Mac at the office as a file server and music server and backup server. This could replace all of that except for running Retrospect to backup other computers. It's cool that it will work with iTunes and multimedia devices. I could use this at home to serve files to my iBook with its paltry 40GB hard drive. $500 without drives. Not the cheapest, but I trust AMUG and their excellent reviews. Here's their summary of this product.

"The Synology Disk Station DS-207 provides a high quality solution for adding streaming multimedia support, file service, photo sharing and web site capabilities to any computer network with minimal power consumption. The small size, quiet operation and the outstanding web configuration tool provided with the Disk Station DS-207 make it a pleasure to use. Music lovers will appreciate the built-in Disk Station DS-207 iTunes sharing feature. With a DS-207 installed on the network, there is no need to keep large music libraries on each computer. Just copy the music to the Disk Station DS-207 and it will stream the audio selections to all of the iTunes users on the network. The Photo Station 2 software also provides an excellent interface for sharing photos over the network using a web browser. The wide range of services provided by the Disk Station DS-207 will enhance any office or home computer network."