[ale] cheap network attached storage?

[Warren Myers]

something like this maybe? 
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=100&categoryid=19

" TCP/IP Windows Communication  Apple Talk Apple Communications  SMB Linux 
and Unix Variant Communications  FTP Internal/External Access "

WMM

On 9/9/05, Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:
> 
> We are looking at that as an option, but the machines in question don't 
> have
> USB 2.0 or firewire, and they're rack-mounted servers for our lab 
> machines,
> so getting a PCI card in there isn't easy or cheap either.
> 
> I found out that Ximeta makes "NetDisk" drives and they support RH Linux 
> but
> the support only mentions RH 9 and it looks like it's kind of a pain in 
> the
> neck. I'd really like something we can just plug into the network and go.
> 
> Our backups can be done any time, so that's no big deal, there's just no
> really convenient way to do this except over the network now that our tape
> drive gave up the ghost...
> 
> On Friday 09 September 2005 11:15 am, Geoffrey wrote:
> > Costco has a 250G Maxtor (one touch II) external drive for about $200.
> > Firewire and usb 2.0, but not really a nas device. Stick that puppy on
> > one of your boxes and back up to it. I know that will tie up one
> > computer that it would be connected to during backups, but when do you
> > do them? I backup around 3am...
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