One of the ideas that I had by putting my linux box on the network was to provide hard drive space for media like pictures and music. I have not turned it on in like 6 months. :-( Ideally I would just put on something like the Linksys NSLU2, but if I put my external drive on it the thing would never power down. I'd rather have something that powers down when it's not being accessed. So I have been looking at things like a Buffalo LinkStation but they are pretty pricey. I'll keep my eye out for something good though.
I've been looking of a good network storage solution lately too. Here's a product that I think may interest you.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.iomega.com/direct/products/family.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=26891315&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=26890319&bmUID=1126528237916
It gives you a large shared drive without having to have an actual computer on all the time. Should save you a bit in electricity and heat output. I don't have one, so I can't say exactly how well it works, but it seems to be the best thing I could find like this.
Thanks. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's the sort of thing that I am looking at: Network Access Storage (NAS). I figure if I get one of those I would get something with USB 2.0 like the Buffalo LinkStation so that I can easily do backups to my removable drive.
It's just something that I have to spend more time researching.
Here's another interesting link:
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-171-ProdID-KUROBOX.php