Attach a NAS device to the System i

["Mark Allen" <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>]

In order to help with our backups, we are ordering a NAS device ,a Buffalo
TeraStation Pro II with 4 TB of raw disk space.

I'd like to know if this could be attached to out System i in some way to
use instead of our dinsoaur tapes...  I know next to nothing about this kind
of device but the specs from their web site are below.

LAN Interface  Standard Compliance IEEE802.3ab / IEEE802.3u /
IEEE802.3Standard (1000BASE-T / 100BASE-TX / 10BASE-T)  Data
Transfer Rates 10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps  Connector Type RJ-45  Number of
Ports 1  Internal
Hard Drives  Number of Drives 4  Drive Interface SATA  Hard Drive Sizes 250GB,
500GB, 750GB  Total Capacity 1.0 TB, 2.0 TB  Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
 Supported
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD  Interface  Standard Compliance USB 2.0
Connector
Type USB Series A  Number of Ports 2  Data Transfer Rates Max: 480 Mbps
(High Speed Mode)
Max: 12 Mbps (Full Speed Mode)  Protocol Support  Networking TCP/IP  File
Sharing SMB, FTP  Directory Integration Active Directory  Management HTTP,
DFS  Time Syncronization NTP  Others Dimensions (WxHxD in.) 6.69 x 12.2 x
9.25  Weight (lbs) 16.1  Power Consumption (Watts) 60  Operating Environment
(Fahrenheit) 32-95°  Setup Utility OS Support Windows Operating Systems  Client
OS Support Windows(R) XP, Windows(R) 2000, Windows(R) Me, Windows(R) NT 4.0,
Windows(R) 98 SE, Linux (SMB)  Power Supply internal, AC100V 50/60 Hz