What happened to the NetDrive?

Several people have written in to ask about a product called the "Martian NetDrive" that was on the market about 2.5 years ago. So we thought we'd post about it so everyone could have the scoop.

The NetDrive was a wireless hard drive — basically a small (and silent) fileserver that you could put on your wireless network at home and then access from your PC or Mac. The box itself ran Linux, and a bunch of people used their NetDrives as the basis for some pretty cool hacking projects.

While we can't go into all the specifics, if you're interested in such a device, we highly recommend the Buffalo TeraStation, which is a small home server. There is also the Kuro Box for more do-it-yourself types (you need to add a hard drive of your own and install Linux on that one). The Mirra is another nice home fileserver device, now offerred by Seagate.

As for us, we're sticking to software for now, which is at least lighter (no more backaches from lifting boxes for the FedEx guy).