Spinal
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2004
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- between Uxbridge and the Alps
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- x254, G350, Duster, S320, Mach1, 900ss and a few more
So I'm starting to run out of space again, and need to consolidate my storage...
My first thought was to set up a FreeNAS server or buy Drobo...
That said, at the price of storage now (saw 2TB external drives in PC world for £60 and NAS 2TB drives for £100) it's cheaper and easier for me just to buy a few new drives and move everything onto those....
So I'm undecided between getting 2x 2TB NAS drives, using one as my data repository, and getting the second to copy the data on the first on a daily basis (i.e. to keep 1 previous day's worth of backup as well as have a mirror in case the main drive crashes)
Does anyone know of a drive that is capable of "pulling" data (as a pose to having data pushed to it?)
Otherwise, I could just get 2x2TB USB drives (total cost around £100 if I buy them online) and plug them into a box on the network and get the box to share one out and copy data with a little bash script... The downside is that having a box on 24x7 would mean more power...
Ideas? Recommendations?
M.
My first thought was to set up a FreeNAS server or buy Drobo...
That said, at the price of storage now (saw 2TB external drives in PC world for £60 and NAS 2TB drives for £100) it's cheaper and easier for me just to buy a few new drives and move everything onto those....
So I'm undecided between getting 2x 2TB NAS drives, using one as my data repository, and getting the second to copy the data on the first on a daily basis (i.e. to keep 1 previous day's worth of backup as well as have a mirror in case the main drive crashes)
Does anyone know of a drive that is capable of "pulling" data (as a pose to having data pushed to it?)
Otherwise, I could just get 2x2TB USB drives (total cost around £100 if I buy them online) and plug them into a box on the network and get the box to share one out and copy data with a little bash script... The downside is that having a box on 24x7 would mean more power...
Ideas? Recommendations?
M.