I'm off to buy a new toy! :D

[Brendan1]

So, ebay has paid off again!
2tb HP Storage Server (rack mountable nas) $96 AUD! ;D Sole purpose it to backup important data, Not so much music and movies.

Including rack rails and everything, Yes buying an external 2tb hdd would cost close to the same, use less power and use less space.

But an external HDD doesn't have the functionality I would like

The point of getting a rackmountable NAS (that actually runs an OS), rather than another USB HDD is

1) it can run offsite backups. (US based Backup Server - Encrypted and safe)
2) Fibre channel connection to NAS to allow this machine to also backup all Music/movies/important data that has no "critical" need to be hosted locally, across to the Offsite backup Server aswell.
3) Fill a bit more of the massive hole I have in my rack

Anywho, Thought I would share a random bit of info with you all.
Someone please talk by the time I get back I'm starting to feel lonely around here! haha.

 

[Sam1]

Haha, sorry sometimes I have hectic days!

Very Nice, so what exactly is the difference between a storage server and an external hard-drive???

 

[Brendan1]

Well, nothing really, except for functionality - Until you start getting into big Storage servers with raid and such, then they are a completely different party.

The point of this is soley to have redundant storage at home, for important things (all discs will be mirrored, to provide a small but effective 1tb redundant space) But the machine itself will provide ALOT more uses than simply being a backup server, If I didn't have a need for the Server, I would simply buy a few more HDD's and chuck a raid card in my desktop pc, or buy a few External drives and back everything up to all of them.

 

[Sam1]

Kind of get it Been reading this: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Har ... server.asp