Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

["Richard Utting" <richard.utting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

6TB off a Mac Mini how ?

I have a 1.5Ghz MacMini but the external FW400 HD's seem to break /
disappear for no apparent reason.

Rich

On 31/08/2007, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Do any of these standalone server solutions actually support USB
hubs so
> that you can add more than just one (or however many USB ports it has)
> hard
> discs as time progresses?
>
> I keep thinking of retiring the Mac Mini as my main server but there's
> about
> 6Tb of storage on there now (IIRC) and it just does the job so well!
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Paul Bendall
> > Sent: 31 August 2007 11:20
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
> >
> > I like the look of the Synology kit but am thinking of going for
the
> > RS-407 gives plenty of options for now and the future, it is rack
> > mountable and power consumption is well under 70W with 21W in
> > hibernation mode.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>,
"Geoff H"
> <yahoo@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim,
> > >
> > > Interesting to know the Synology unit is quiet. I bought a
'cheap
> > and
> > > cheerful' diskless NAS unit from CPC and shoved in a couple
of
> > 500Gb disks.
> > > The unit works well enough, SMB, NFS, FTP, RAID 0,1, etc but
is
> > very noisy
> > > (fan etc).
> > >
> > > Now that I have decided that 'I need a NAS' I am looking to
replace
> > this
> > > with something better. The Synology DS207 is on the list, as
is the
> > DLink
> > > DNS-323. The main criteria is it has to be quiet.
> > >
> > > Geoff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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