Re: Data Storage
- From: Barry OGrady <god_free_jones@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:26 +1100
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:56:34 -0800, Kevin McMurtrie
<mcmurtrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <2010010520364575249-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, louisxiv wrote:
I'm looking for a solution for backup for both my iMac and my Macbook
Pro. I'm trying to decide whether or not to buy a network hard drive or
just a standard one. At the moment I have a Thomson router which is
plugged into my imac and use airport to connect my macbook to it. I'd
ideally like to have one hard drive to back up both machines and would
like to use Time Machine to do this in both cases. can anyone advise re
the value of adding another wireless device into the mix against going
with a good old-fashioned cable?
Also, can anyone recommend a good hard drive to use with my Macs (wired
or otherwise)?
TIA
xiv
A NAS is best for multiple computers because it can service them all at
once. Make sure it says it supports AFP and Time Machine. Wire it all
up with Cat 6 and a gigabit Ethernet switch. If your router is 10/100
Ethernet, simply put a gigabit switch in front of it and plug everything
into the switch. Wireless is miserable for NAS so avoid it.
If you don't want NAS, Firewire 800 would be better than USB 2.
What about 2 gigabit fibre channel?
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