Re: Would I Benefit from a NAS Drive?

["Simon Coates" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Darren,

I agree with Brian - go for a USB drive.  I recently got a 1.5TB Maxtor
One=
Touch USB drive.  I can definitely recommend it - very nice rubberised
case=
which stays cool and is almost silent - both the fan and drives.
2 x 750GB and can be configured as a 1.5TB drive or a 750GB drive with
RAID=
1 mirroring.

NAS is great if you want better data security but this comes at a price. 
I=
felt that a USB drive was a good compromise, but my worry is how to backup=
drives in case the drive fails - 1.5TB is a lot to lose!!!  I got mine to =
store files from a 1080 HD camcorder, so would be a bit miffed if I lost
it=
.

Anyway, the Maxtor has been very good so far - plug it in to a USB and
you'=
ve got 1.5TB.  I once read an article, not 'that' long ago (about 12 years
=
ago) - said the largest data storage in the UK at the time was Menworth
Hil=
l US Airforce base (near Harrogate) - with approx 3.0TB of phone/fax
record=
ings.  Amazing to think that I've got close to that capacity in something
n=
ot much larger than a housebrick sat on my desk :o)

Bargain at =A3214+VAT from Dabs4work.com

more info at
http://misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3D276579=
&CatId=3D2267

Regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----=20
From: Brian Smith=20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
Sent: 16 January 2008 21:09
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Would I Benefit from a NAS Drive?


Hi Darren

I'd go for a an external USB drive for a couple of reasons. Firstly cost =
-
External USB drives can be had for pretty much the same price as a bare
drive. Secondly performance - Unless you would go mid-top end of the rang=
e
NAS you will get better performance from local USB. Also would large file
sizes be a requirement. Most cheap NAS units only support FAT32 so have 2=
GB
file size limit.

The only reason I could think NAS might be preferable is if you intend to
locate it away from the main PC, the garage in my case, to provide an
element of off-site backup.

My 2p worth anyway.

Cheers

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
darren_karp2001
Sent: 16 January 2008 19:35
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Would I Benefit from a NAS Drive?

Hi all,

At home I have a PC under the stairs which runs my Geovision CCTV=20
system and is also used to store DVD rips and MP3's. My Vista MCE PC=20
is configured to use this PC for its media content although it itself=20
has ample hard drive storage for live TV, etc. but is put to sleep at=20
the end of each evenings TV viewing.

I have two laptops and an additional PC, none of which use any of the=20
media content in the house. I also have a Soundbridge in our bedroom.

The reason for the question is that the Geovision PC is running very=20
very low on hard drive space and I was wondering whether I should=20
simply add either an extra HD (it's an old PC and doesn't have SATA),=20
add an external USB drive or go for a NAS drive.

I would warmly welcome any comments and advice.

Darren