External Storage Advice

[MacFanUK]

Hey,
Ok, I've decided to buy a Mac Mini to use as a work machine and then depending on it's performance, I will either replace it with an iMac and my girlfriend will use the Mac Mini as her work machine or just buy another Mac Mini for her.

However, at the moment, in addition to me using the Mac Mini, I am currently using a Windows machine and my girlfriends work machne is a Windows machine.

Is there a storage solution that could serve both Windows and OSX through the network? How about some kind of file server like Linux or Windows? What would you recommend?

Thanks in advance

 

[MacFanUK]

Any suggestions?

 

[thegoldenmackid]

A network drive? Size and price requirements are always a positive when discussing externals.

 

[MacFanUK]

If I'm buying a new drive, I'd say £100 max really and would like 1TB for that. However, if I go down the server route, I already had 2 x 500GB Hard Drives and a PC that I could use if that would work.

I have been looking at the IcyBox NAS4220 but that's £105 without any drives.