On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote:
> > <repost with different subject. I find it funny that sometimes a > simple topic may bring days of replies yet another zilch! :) ) > > > A few weeks ago we talked about larger drives and SATA cards in my G4 > 1.42DP, 2gb ram > > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something). I was going to go to SATA for upwards compatibility. > > The question is, just how much will this slow the machine down? > > My husband is trying to convince me to go to a shared NAS for the two > of us. Not that I disagree in general especially with backups, but I > do kinda like having the stuff I use a lot on my internal drive. I > routinely share files between my tower and iBook anyway which is sort > of a pain. > > Thanks, > > Diane > Diane; Your thoughts trouble me, because you are mixing two, only peripherally related things. The 'Mirroring', provides some 'convenience' benefits, but almost nothing Re: 'Backup Strategy'. The NAS, is also a 'convenience' thing only. The only connection to a 'Backup strategy', is if the hardware of the NAS never has a problem. (Have you met Mr. Murphy yet?) See my recent thread "Backups, intent and practice" for more info. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
