Good folk of SU,

I'm planning to build a NAS (Network Access Storage). I'm planning to do it cheap (:read Old PC Config + Open source software). I was looking for good DIY links .

Before you shoot this down as a Repost, I'm only looking for good links containing detailed instructions for setting up a NAS.

I did a fair bit of searching and found these links (so please suggest others. While these links are great they delve more on the hardware side, i'm looking for more instructions in the software side). For the sake of the interwebs:

Ubuntu:

• http://snarfquest.com/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_a_Home_NAS
• http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/27962/77/
• http://jonpeck.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-configure-80-fileserver-in-45.html

FreeNAS

• http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/webmaster/article.php/3719706
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/homemade_nas.aspxhttp://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/homemade_nas.aspx

There was one at rubbervir.us that everyone points to, but apparently the site has gone down.

A couple of other queries:

• Is Printer/Scanner sharing a possibility with NAS devices?
• Many talk of torrent support with NAS Devices, a little more light on this? Does this mean, an auto download of torrent through a feed into NAS, or just support for storing Torrent download files onto the NAS(don't see the difference between the latter and a normal file tranfer)