On 09/01/2010 10:08 PM, Tony Cratz wrote: > On 09/01/2010 10:03 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: >> I am thinking about 2x 2TB actually, one on-site and one offsite cloned >> with something like drbd. Since I always seem to be expanding my photos >> and science data, I easily see the need for additional 2 TB drives in a >> couple of years (another reason why starting with 1 TB might be a nuisance) > > > If you see yourself adding drives in the future, then why > not go to a NAS solution now? You get higher transfer speed > then what USB 2.0 can give you. > > > > Tony
I believe in the previous thread the conclusion was 'too many eggs in one basket'. That had been my original idea, but after looking around at the options I decided a low wattage (6-10W) wallet sized pc with some usb devices would ultimately be more flexible and much greener (about 1/4 the power consumption of a NAS) Also in an emergency the drives can now be attached to any computer at any time if I need access to them without opening cases etc. Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
