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Rob_Quads |
posted on 24th Aug 07 at 14:18 |
quote: If you are doing something like a backup just use the wired connection. Most laptops now have Gigabit ports and a decent NAS will have too - that will be more than fast enough - just as fast as a USB2 connection | |
Doug |
posted on 24th Aug 07 at 10:47 |
So basicly I am after a USB one that has space for either two drives or one that has alot of storage for a reasonable price | |
Dom |
posted on 24th Aug 07 at 10:32 |
the problem with NAS is the fact that it isn't very fast, so can take ages to do backups and move stuff around. But there pretty useful if you want to beable to access the files across the network. And i believe if formatted for NTFS then you can setup permissions - but im not 100% sure on that (one of the network guys on here will beable to answer that one). | |
Doug |
posted on 24th Aug 07 at 10:11 |
With the NAS ones do I plug it into USB on my laptop? Or would I have to make it a network drive plugged into the router? Beacuse I wouldnt mind doing that but I would want a way of passwording some of the files etc as I will be at uni next month and theres some stuff on there that I woldnt want my whole flat going through (Like pictures and documents etc) | |
Rob_Quads |
posted on 24th Aug 07 at 09:09 |
Do you always use your laptop at home or are you going to be moving about with it? | |
John |
posted on 23rd Aug 07 at 22:18 |
Will you ever need both external hdd's plugged into a laptop :boggle: | |
James_DT |
posted on 23rd Aug 07 at 21:07 |
Network Attached Storage. | |
Doug |
posted on 23rd Aug 07 at 20:05 |
Looking on ebuyer there are such things as big network storage things but they talk about them being servers? | |
Doug |
posted on 23rd Aug 07 at 19:58 |
I know this.... | |
Steve |
posted on 23rd Aug 07 at 19:54 |
you can also buy such things as bigger hdd's with more space :lol: | |
Doug |
posted on 23rd Aug 07 at 19:50 |
I currently have a toshiba external HDD for my laptop yet I have run out of storage space :( |