Just looked at this the other day... Almost bought one... but read somewhere that some users had issues with the Mionet software it has to use.
Here's a good review. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2106424,00.asp I actually just ordered the D-Link DNS-323 mentioned in the review instead, and went with a pair of 3-year warranty 400 gig WD drives instead of having the one year warranty the Western Digital My Book World Edition II would have. Not sure yet which was the better way to go, but Newegg just said my new D-Link and pair of 400 gig drives should be here tomorrow. I am going to use Raid 1 mode for redundancy, even though that cuts storage down by half. But this unit is gonna be the backup for the data on my PC's. The Hammer Storage and Thecus stuff also look great, but again, they only offer a one-year warranty on their boxen with drives installed. >>I have debating about getting one of these, to store video and >>backups. It is highly rated on this months Maximum PC >> >>http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=279 >> >>Western Digital My Book World II WDG2NC10000N 1TB 7200 RPM Network >>Hard Drive - Retail = $381 >> >>I know I could pick up a couple of 500GB drives for $250 and put them >>in my server, or make my own NAS box, but I would like something >>mobile, that I can run separately 24/7 on the Network that doesn't >>cost 40 to 60 bucks a month to run .... I am talking about the >>electric bill. I have a device that measures Kilowatt hours and I run >>a Xeon server 24/7 and that costs me around $60 per month to run. >> >>It is high because I am in Southern California which is also Enron >>screwie country.... so the bills just keep rising. Plus I have a >>property with main house and a rental in a single family area, so I >>am above the SCE average and that pushes me into the 30 cent per >>kilowatt hour area. >> >>Needless to say I don't want to pay 50 bucks a month to run this >>thing and I can't find any kind of information other then it pulls a >>maximum of 250 watts, which means it probably pulls less then a amp >>when it runs. Does anybody have any idea what it costs to run these >>things over a 24 hour period in Kilowatt hours. >> >>It is small, simple to use, like a network printer, and off hand it >>seems like it won't cost that much to run. So what does the >>collective think? Comments, encouragement, warnings, appreciated! -- JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
