Re: OT: Yet Another Unhappy Customer for Vista

Lionel wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:28:53 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Lionel wrote:


On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:25:02 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Jasen wrote:



On 2007-05-30, Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



John Larkin wrote:

I wish there were small backup RAID assemblies that you can just hang on the LAN where the whole thing would show up as one shared drive. Most I saw were USB, very few had a LAN port but those only had one drive in it without the possibility to connect several as RAID.

it sounds like you want NAS, (Network attached storage)

Exactamente.

[...]


Considering the number of people who run small networks at home I was thinking there'd be enough of a market for backup and file sharing across a LAN or WLAN. It doesn't have to be industrial strength, for example it would be ok if the whole thing quits upon a power supply failure as long as that doesn't take the data with it.


If you've got a spare PC (doesn't have to be fancy, but preferably
solid & reliable), you can throw some big hard disks into it & install
SME-server on it: <http://www.smeserver.org/>
The software's free, it does RAID on standard disks, it's very well
maintained, sets up from a single bootable CDROM & is managed from a
web interface.
I've been using it here for about 6 years, & recommend it to people
all the time.


I might just have to go that route if I don't find something off the shelf soon. But from looking at the web site this stuff seems to be for Linux experts. Which I am not :-(


Actually, they're much easier to set up than Windows-based servers,
believe it or not. All the 'advertised' features can be managed from
a web interface, & are pretty well-documented. You only need 'Nix
knowledge if you're doing something fairly unusual with it.

It's also configured to be secure by default, so it's safe to plug it
into a DSL modem & a switch before you've even booted the install
CDROM, so you can use it straight away, rather than having to wait
until you've downloaded a gazillion updates & security patches.

I've installed about a dozen SME servers at various small client
sites (eg; 2-30 users) that don't have any tech-savvy staff & need a
system simple enough for them to manage the day-to-day basics
(add/delete users, create network shares, set access rights, etc)
themselves, rather than being dependent on me or some other tech
person.


Actually Michael has found what looks like "the" solution that probably won't require much more than buying two ATA hard drives of suitable size and plugging it all in:

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/NetworkStorage/SC101.aspx

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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