 Regal88
join:2002-04-09 Bronx, NY | [Connection Sharing] cheap network hard drive?
Anybody know of any cheap network hard drives (via ethernet -not usb)
Id like to have a centralized drive on my 5 computer network for picture and music file storage |
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  CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County | Any hard drive will do - PATA or SATA all depends onthe PC it is installed into then share it... There are no specific network hard drives... |
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  jp0469 JP
join:2000-12-13 Rochester, MA | reply to Regal88 You can build one using some old hardware.
»www.serverelements.com/ |
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  konomi The answer is 42
join:2004-09-02 Beverly, WV | reply to Regal88 Try freenas. »www.freenas.org |
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 efflandt
join:2002-01-25 Elgin, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Regal88 There are devices called NAS (network access storage) like Snap servers. Apparently everyone is getting into the act now. »www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ne···+storage
There are devices from Dlink and Linksys that for under $100 can connect USB 2.0 drives to a network. Western Digital or Buffalo have network drives starting under $200. |
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  Serbtastic You Know How Many People I Have Buried? Premium join:2002-02-24 Stoney Creek | reply to jp0469 Thanks, that's a great reference. I have to try this out tonight. |
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 Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29 Regina, SK
·SaskTel Saskatchewan
| reply to efflandt said by efflandt :There are devices from Dlink and Linksys that for under $100 can connect USB 2.0 drives to a network. Western Digital or Buffalo have network drives starting under $200. I've got a Linksys NSLU2
I've not had a lot of luck with it, it tends to lock up if you try to FTP a file larger than 1gb from it
just as a straight shared drive tho, it works not bad also a decent sized 3rd party development community behind it |
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  MillerTech Miller IT Consulting Premium join:2006-01-01 Liverpool, PA
| reply to Regal88 Here is one: »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···d3alt1me
If you already have a spare hard drive you could just buy this and put it in it. »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···d3alt1me |
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