Bandwidth Place 2

I finally was able to get a network drive that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I got this...
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10843
the 320gig one and it cost me $147 including tax and shipping. seems to work great so far. Wired right up to my router and no problems setting up.

Its even gigabit ethernet! Nice! That just got rid of the #1 problem I have with most of those NAS drives (only 10/100). Congrats.

I just put my storage drives in another computer thats left on 24/7 (but ALL PCs are left on 24/7 so thats not a big difference) which is undoubtably not the best way to go about it. Oh welll...

palmboy5 wrote:Its even gigabit ethernet! Nice! That just got rid of the #1 problem I have with most of those NAS drives (only 10/100). Congrats.

I just put my storage drives in another computer thats left on 24/7 (but ALL PCs are left on 24/7 so thats not a big difference) which is undoubtably not the best way to go about it. Oh welll...

This is the way I do it.

If your systems are networked, then you can share entire drives. You can even share non NAS external drives across a network, they just need to be physically plugged into one machine thats on.

Any more I'm really advocating making images of your hard drive and storing them on another thats not in use at all, hidden away in a climate controlled area with an anti static bag around it. I just went through a hassle bringing these feelings on but thats another post.

Just a side note that didn't deserve a new post, and for those who actually give 2 shits, I had to get a new PS, XCLIO GreatPower 500W RT. The fan in the old one stopped working, and it was a cheapo anyway.

XCLIO GreatPower 500W RT sounds like a cheapo too!

My old one was like $35. This one is $85.
http://www.xclio.com/product/PSU_GreatP ... 4-500w.htm
Its not top of the line but its defiantly better and has a 2 year warranty.