Bottleneck is going to be the 802.11n connection either way. -- Matt Johnston - 07515352971
On 7 Dec 2008, at 12:07, Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need a new external storage device for the home LAN (one MacPro, one > Macbook Air and one MacBook). The Pro is gigabit hardwired to the WLAN > Router. The portables communicate exclusively over 802.11n. The > external device will be used for Time Machine Backups for the laptops > and for clones of the boot volume on the Pro. > > (Internal drives on the Pro carry the Pro's own Time Machine backup > and I have discrete smaller external USB drives that I use for clones > for the Laptops). > > The question is whether I would get noticeably better performance > with: > > a NAS drive attached to the AirPort Extreme Router > > than I would with: > > a USB2, or Firewire800 drive attached to either the AirPort Extreme > Router, or the Pro ? > > when backing-up over WLAN from the laptops ? > > I guess that a TimeCapsule is probably the fastest, but its a > hellishly expensive solution for folks who already have the latest > AirPort Extreme Base Station. (1.5 TB Seagate USB/FW/eSATA drive for > 170 Euro, vs. c. 200 Euro for a similarly spec'd NAS box, vs. 1 TB > Time Capsule for 470 Euro). > > wtia, > mark. > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
