Re: Thoughts on storage devices??

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Noel

I have one of the 4 bay FW cases from SPAN connected to a minimac
serving files around the house and I have been very happy and had no
issues.

Ben

On 19 Apr 2008, at 14:58, noel_pilot wrote:

> So...the moneys finally getting close to what I need for next stage of
> HA server/storage and I need to confirm what I'm thinking is the right
> way to go ahead.
>
> I'm very much in favour of using macs wherever possible and with xbmc
> on osx coming on in leaps and bounds thats pushing me further in this
> thought.
>
> My plan (inspired by this list) was for a mac mini and a 4 bay
> firewire drive enclosure. This would suit my needs certainly for the
> moment and when I need to expand I could add another firewire
> enclosure or upgrade to bigger drives.
>
> There's a few tasks i'd like to have carried out by the mini including
> radio recording on schedules, and possibly some x10 interface by
> Indigo.
>
> My only other option considered recently is to move away from the
> mini, just use a NAS of some sort and get myself an Imac for bedroom
> use that could cover the scheduled tasks side of things and probably
> the x10 interface.
>
> At the moment I have a number of hard drives in a large pc case that
> runs hot as heck and is a little power hungry, I only turn it on when
> I need it, what I want to get to is having the movies and music
> available 24/7 but with out killing me in electricity costs.
>
> So....mac mini with a firewire enclosure still a reasonable approach??
> if not anything else I should be looking at?
>
> btw looking at the 4 bay firewire enclosures from span.com.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Noel
>
>
>



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