alright. i spent another day of work combing the internet and found this.

Infrant Technologies ReadyNAS NV+

(EXCELLENT review)
http://www.barrys-rigs-n-reviews.com...us/nvplus1.htm

specs
http://www.excaliberpc.com/Infrant_T...id-570990.html

company page
http://www.infrant.com/products/prod...dyNAS%20NVPlus

so its expandable, gigabit ethernet, usb, lots of software and features built in. is there any downfall? seems that the 3tb limit (750gb each drive) is it. can they expand that or is that set?