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NAS External Hard Drive or Basic External Hard Drive
by rh535 - 9/21/07 7:08 AMI am looking at getting a 1TB external hard drive. I have been looking at getting a NAS for awhile. Is the benefits of NAS worth a little extra cash and the lack of firewire?
NAS 1TB
http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-drives-g-fo.../205541427.html
Basic 1TB External Drive
http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-drive-g-for.../202984052.html
Those links don't work due to the ellipsis in the middle.
by Kees Bakker
- 9/21/07 7:11 AM
In reply to: NAS External Hard Drive or Basic External Hard Drive by rh535
Can you post better ones (i.e. the full link)?
Kees
New Links
by rh535 - 9/21/07 7:21 AM In reply to: Those links don't work due to the ellipsis in the middle. by Kees Bakker
NAS Hard Drive
http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-drives-g-force-megadisk-nas-raid-1tb-ethernet-with-shadow/q/loc/101/205541427.html
1TB Basic External Hard Drive
http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-drive-g-force-megadisk-triple-interface-1-0tb-7200rpm-32mb/q/loc/101/202984052.html
Ahh, Fantom...
by R. Proffitt - 9/21/07 7:30 AM
In reply to: New Links by rh535
Sadly a name I've seen too often at shops with people trying to recover data.
I'd go with 500GB today since http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822154106 shows what happens to many that don't shut down nicely.
Bob
Just comments.
by R. Proffitt - 9/21/07 7:22 AM
In reply to: NAS External Hard Drive or Basic External Hard Drive by rh535
1. Firewire use of hard drives on WINDOWS has resulted in too many wipeouts for me to write it's viable. My advice is to "forget about it" if you are running Windows.
2. NAS speed is about 1/4 or less the speed of USB speed. While NAS is a great thing most have 100 megabit Ethernet which pales is comparison to USB 2.0's 480 megabit link.
Hope this helps you decide.
Bob
Macs and PC's
by rh535 - 9/21/07 7:41 AM In reply to: Just comments. by R. Proffitt
We have both macs and pc's. Also i was thinking about getting a new router with usb port on it for nas. Would that work if i just attached a basic external drive to it?
Like....
Apple Router
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=E8408794&nplm=MB053LL/A
Just read your link.
by R. Proffitt - 9/21/07 7:44 AM
In reply to: Macs and PC's by rh535
"And it works with both Mac and Windows. (See system requirements.)"
I'm unsure why you asked me.
Bob
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