If I was going to go the 2nd computer route, I'd just get a MacMini and hang the external drives off that. I was really looking for a simple NAS that had high throughput. I've seen USB-NAS devices for $40 but I can't imagine backing up a few TB through USB.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:30:42 -0700 Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I am wondering if anyone has used any SAN products with Mac and can > > share their experience. > > > > I started reading this: > > > > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3128395?start=0&tstart=0 > > > > I wouldn't mind a Time Capsule, but the cost is $499 for the 3TB > > model. I already drives for the NAS. Ideally the NAS will natively > > read HFS+ so I can either use the drives in the NAS or locally on my > > computer. > > Linux has HFS+ support, IIRC. You could set up a computer with Linux and > put that on your network. Since MacOS is build on top of Unix, that > should work just fine with scp, rsync, ssh, and such. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
