[GLLUG] Network storage question

[Bert W. Carrier Jr.]

Hello folks,

I'm building a small Linux network for my office, (8 workstations 
running Ubuntu 10.04)  and I'm looking to attach some network storage.  
I was thinking about using an old Dell poweredge server that I have 
lying around, with some internal HDDs running Ubuntu linux with Samba.   
Samba is hard for me though, I'm not much of a networking expert.

A friend suggested that I get a NAS device, which I know very little 
about.   Does anyone have any ideas/ suggestions?

Thanks!