[ale] cheap network attached storage?

[Jay Loden]

We are looking at that as an option, but the machines in question don't have 
USB 2.0 or firewire, and they're rack-mounted servers for our lab machines, 
so getting a PCI card in there isn't easy or cheap either. 

I found out that Ximeta makes "NetDisk" drives and they support RH Linux but 
the support only mentions RH 9 and it looks like it's kind of a pain in the 
neck. I'd really like something we can just plug into the network and go.

Our backups can be done any time, so that's no big deal, there's just no 
really convenient way to do this except over the network now that our tape 
drive gave up the ghost...

On Friday 09 September 2005 11:15 am, Geoffrey wrote:
> Costco has a 250G Maxtor (one touch II) external drive for about $200.
> Firewire and usb 2.0, but not really a nas device.  Stick that puppy on
> one of your boxes and back up to it.  I know that will tie up one
> computer that it would be connected to during backups, but when do you
> do them?  I backup around 3am...