Time Machine creates new backup copies until the drive is full, then starts overwriting the oldest files duplicates. Photography will probably call for quite a bit of HDD space, but maybe you do not want to see the backup swell to 1 or 2 TB... Partitioning the drive will limit the backup size (I'd suggest twice the laptop drive capacity); on the other partition, you can setup a standard file share. Since the Apple partitioning tool erases the drive, make up your mind as early as possible...
A cool and silent drive is preferable since the TM client starts every 15 minutes (30 ?) to refresh the backup. The Western Digital "green" drives I've had for many years now fit perfectly the bill I think. A laptop-sized HDD will be cool and silent as well, the largest ones are 1TB today. A "performance" drive is not needed at all. If we're talking of an external USB drive, then I guess a laptop-sized, self powered (via the USB plug) drive is the best option. "Self-powered" should be advertized. An ethernet cable is recommended if you opt for remote operation (Time Capsule, but also Apple routers, some NASes, a hacked linux box can host the TM backup service), at least for the initial backup which covers over 100k files. After that, updates can probably go wireless. -- epoch1970 Daily dose delivered by: 2 SB Classic (fw 130), 1 SB Boom (fw 50) SqueezeCenter 7.3.4 (Debian 5.0) with plugins: ContextMenu, SaverSwitcher by Peter Watkins Server Power Control by Gordon Harris WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) FindArt, CDplayer by bpa BBC iPlayer, SwitchPlayer by Triode PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple TrackStat by Erland Isaksson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81142
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