Are you looking for something that runs by itself, has an OS or something because (not being sarcastic) if you want the real lazy route why not buy a cheap western digital NAS? I have a 500gb one that has both network and usb access and looks like a little router software built into it. That's what I got as a cheap backup and found it on ebay as an open box item cost less then a regular 500gb usb drive.
-----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:12 PM To: cf-community Subject: Drobo, NAS, RAID... etc So my home desktop is configured with large mirrored drives as a simple protection from a single drive failure. This past week, one of the drives failed. I need to either replace it, or switch to some other storage mechanism. Anyone have any suggestions for either an attached storage or network storage that I can use as a primary storage device and potentially backups of laptop and other devices? I'm really looking to go the lazy route here - something that works well out of the box, like Drobo (http://www.drobo.com/) over something that I have to learn and install and keep updated (like an Ubuntu box on the network). I really like Drobo's ability to mix different drive types and sizes. I'm guessing it's not the only product that offers this, though I haven't found another one in my 10 minutes of Googling around. Anyone have suggestions for anything else I should look at? -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299841 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
