Re: Re: Mac Mini and External Firewire Drives

["Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Previously I have just purchased empty firewire boxes and then just
installed the quietest HDs. Either Samsung or WD.

You can get firewire enclosures that can take 2 or more disks and hence you
could setup RAID 1.

Ho Yin

On 01/01/2008, noel_pilot <HA@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm looking to do something similar shortly, first thing to bear in
> mind is that I believe the mini only has Firewire 400, which should
> increase the availability of drives.
> Cheers
> Noel
> Happy New Year!
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>,
"rb_ziggy" <
> rb.lists@...> wrote:
> >
> > I think this may be a question for Phil Harris but input from
others
> > very welcome.
> >
> > I use a Mac Mini as a HTPC - mainly for (ripped) DVD playback.
Thus
> > far it's been a bit experimental but I'm happy with the set up
now so
> > am ripping DVDs.
> >
> > To date I've been using a NAS unit with 512Mb (after raid 1).
This
> > has been fine for MP3s, storage of photos and general personal
network
> > storage for the family. But not enough for DVDs at 7Gb per disc
(I
> > dont want to compress the Video_TS format).
> >
> > So I'm thinking of firewire (800) attaching more storage direct
to the
> > Mini (in this case it doesn't need to be directly NAS as most
duty
> > will be direct to the Mac and if I need further network
access,the Mac
> > can act as a server). So looking for suggestions on SMALL and
QUIET
> > external drives of 1Tb that I can attach to the mini. These will
sit
> > in a small Hi-Fi cabinet in the lounge so quiet (certainly no
louder
> > than sky HD box) really is important (it's why I've a Mini doing
the
> > work of the HTPC).
> >
> > In my case 1Tb will do fine for now and 2Tb will see me for a
good
> > long time in future I think.
> >
> > In this case I'm prepared to sacrifice Raid 1 capability for
shear
> > space. If the drive(s) quit, I'll re-rip.
> >
> > If I can't get a quiet local firewire HD then I'll have to go
full NAS
> > again and bung them in node 0. So any thoughts on the cheaper end
of
> > the NAS boxes would also be welcome (i.e. I looked at the Western
> > Digital MyBook World II drives but they get mixed reviews on
ethernet
> > speed, reliability and the bundled access software with its DRM).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Richard
> >
>
>
>


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