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Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached
| Joe Offer | 28 Jun 14 - 04:44 PM | |
| Stilly River Sage | 28 Jun 14 - 05:10 PM | |
| Bill D | 28 Jun 14 - 06:23 PM | |
| Joe Offer | 28 Jun 14 - 10:09 PM | |
| Bill D | 28 Jun 14 - 11:42 PM | |
| Dave the Gnome | 29 Jun 14 - 04:31 AM | |
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Subject: Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached From: Joe Offer Date: 28 Jun 14 - 04:44 PM So, it's time for me to invest in a new external hard drive for backup purposes, and also to give myself network access to my music library. The cheapest solution is to get another external hard drive, but then I have to have my computer turned on to access my music files. And I've never found a backup scheme that's satisfactory - most make a number of complete backups, but then the backed-up files can't be accessed from the external drive unless I restore them. What I want is something that will make a duplicate copy every time I change or add a file, especially when I download MP3 files. Since I store files on my computer, I don't think I need the added security of a two-disk RAID array in my external storage. What I was thinking of, was getting a diskless 2-bay Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, and putting a single 3 TB or 4 TB hard drive in it. The empty bay would be for expansion, or for temporary use of odd hard drives that I seem to come across quite frequently. Anybody have suggestions? This is one of those times when I wish we still had John in Kansas to confer with. -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Jun 14 - 05:10 PM I was looking at those some time ago - I think NewEgg had the largest variety at the time. Look at their reviews, they're helpful. I have a spaghetti tangle behind my computer, and now that I'm shooting photos in Camera Raw I have huge files to store. You've reminded me of an option that sounds pretty good. I have some old hard drive enclosures with various smaller drives and would like to either put larger drives in the enclosures or retire some of these and put in couple of larger drives for the various things I backup. If you went to cloud storage you wouldn't have to worry about the array, but you would have to be sure you remember to pay for the space every year and keep the password a strong one. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached From: Bill D Date: 28 Jun 14 - 06:23 PM I have a USB powered 1 TB Hitachi external drive downstairs and 2 plug-in powered USB drives upstairs, and a 500 Gig 'portable' that I can carry around in its zippered case. I can move any of them to any other place. They all seem to be as much as I'd need for the foreseeable future...(have 8000 Child ballads saved in 3 different places.) for a backup program, I use Cobian, but there are several nice ones. Cobian has always done everything I ask.... |
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Subject: RE: Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached From: Joe Offer Date: 28 Jun 14 - 10:09 PM Some of these NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices have one or two USB 3.0 ports, but I gather that at least some of them won't connect to your computer via USB. The device connects to computers only by a network connection. The USB ports are for connecting additional drives. I don't know if I like that. My printer connects to my computer by wireless, USB, or network cable. Why not a NAS device? -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached From: Bill D Date: 28 Jun 14 - 11:42 PM My basic answer is-- I never heard of a NAS device until now. I just plug in USB2 gadgets and they gulp down everything I need. One is going on 7-8 years old now. |
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Subject: RE: Tech: External Hard Drive or Network Attached From: Dave the Gnome Date: 29 Jun 14 - 04:31 AM I have both for different purposes. Don't try big backups on NAS if it is wireless - Unless you are happy to leave it going for hours. You need to be hard wired with at least 1 Gigabit if you are doing large backups. The computer nearest the NAS is hardwired. For others that go over wireless I use the USB for backups. The NAS is excellent as a media server and for file sharing. The one I have also has an FTP and Torrent server inbuilt. I can set a torrent download off and just leave it without it being on any desktop or laptop. I have not tried the FTP server as I would need to put it outside the firewall. If required I can also connect the USB one to teh NAS drive. Hope this helps Dave |
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