Alex Dean wrote:
> Hi all. I'm helping my father-in-law set up some network storage at his
> house, and I am looking for some recommendations.
>
> They currently have an iMac with a 300GB drive. They want to add some
> capacity, and the ability to fully backup both their iMac and the new
> external storage. I've been looking at an enclosure like this :
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822155009
>
> I was thinking of getting a 500GB drive (for extra primary storage) and
> a >800GB drive (for backup). Configuring the NAS as JBOD rather than
> RAID, I think this will suit all their needs pretty well. We'll also
> get a gigabit ethernet switch to keep things moving quickly.
>
> Any other configurations you think might be better? What should I look
> for in the drives themselves?
>
> thanks,
> alex
>
I would heed the reviews. I personally like to use old desktop/towers
that have been retired for applications such as this. Many of those
older cases can easily hold 4+ drives. Put in a PCI SATA (or PATA) card
along with a GigEthernet card, and you have decent enough (for a
backup/file server) performance with the latest drives. Should cost you
a bit less than the $100 enclosure. Throw your Linux distro of choice
on, and you have maximum flexibility and reliability. Personally, I
think I'd start with a couple 1T drives in a software raid-1
configuration (how important are your backups?). Choose whatever
configuration suits your fancy.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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