What he said. External/portable drives are inexpensive and easy to use.
You could also use a DVD burner for backups, although in my experience
those are better for off-line storage. They are also write-once so
there's no accidentally overwriting a good file. (I like to burn
financial stuff to CD and keep them at the bank with my other docs.)
Keep in mind that you'll need at least three (preferably identical)
drives for RAID5. Most enthusiast mainboards these days come with a
decent SATA RAID controller baked right in. You could use a workstation
as the file server, but just be careful that it remains stable for the
other users. I prefer a separate box. Anybody else want to add
anything?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> Barry Oliver
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:56 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: OT: Network / Server
>
>
> One machine, lotsa drives.
>
> 1 drive for OS and SW.
> SATA Raid Array for media, Raid 5 is preferrable.
> ...a 750 gb drive in an external case for transfer and backup
> duties [think fireproof safe between backups]
>
>
>
> Jamie Calder wrote:
> > I realize there's a bunch of computer nuts here so this is where I'm
> > starting my research.
> >
> > Right now we have 4 computers wirelessly networked, 2 for
> my wife business,
> > my laptop and the kids computer.
> >
> > I would like get another one (or 2 depending how we go
> about this) and use
> > one with Media Center in our living room on our HDTV. I'd
> also want a better
> > backup solution, perhaps a raid setup. What's a good setup
> for our use?
> >
> > Have one server with raid with all our files on it
> (personal and business)
> > networked with the Media Center computer, our office
> computers, and personal
> > computers?
> >
> > Or can one of these computers be also used as the server
> (Media Center
> > computer with raid as the server)
> >
> > What is Windows Home Server? Is this a server that needs
> an operating
> > system installed on it, an operating system in itself or
> just a computer
> > that holds files (no OS)?
> >
> > Thanks for any advise!
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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