Just say NO to monthly fees and NO to services that can go away or change policies.
1. Buy 2 nas boxes like the zyxel nsa-220 (can be had for $150 on ebay since newer plus model is out). They support raid since it has 2 bays but we're more interested in having 2 boxes here. See below. 2. Put nas 1 in brother 1's house, with drive A for brother 1's storage and drive B for brother 2's backup. Configure nas to automatically archive or synchronize from drive A to nas 2's drive B at Brother 2's house. 3. Put nas 2 in brother 2's house, with drive A for brother 2's storage and drive B for brother 1's backup. Configure nas to automatically archive or synchronize from drive A to nas 1's drive B at Brother 1's house. Low power, quiet, always on, cheap. Nas also does torrent downloads, showrss broadcasting (fetching of shows), light duties as web server, mysql server, wordpress, and more. Easy to setup and use. SSL is supported. The nsa-220 plus supports 4tb each or 2tb in raid mode. Just add more boxes if you're a digital pack rat. If you want a fast migration, do the initial full archive or sync with both boxes next to each other then separate them (it'll do incremental). You get fast access to pictures and video at home. Can also watch tv shows when you want without having to manully find/download each episode (showrss/broadcasting feature). You get remote access at dsl/ cable upload speeds. Heck, I even had my Android phone automatically upload new pictures/videos to my nas at night (can we say background services AND multitasking). Fixed cost. Even cheaper if you're not a digital pack rat and can use older/smaller hard drives lying around. Rob ps. amazon has the newer 220 plus and a new single drive model that is cheaper. http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fsb%255Fnoss%26field-keywords%3Dzyxel%2520nsa-220%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=andrapps-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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/javaposse?hl=en.
