Network or just external drive for backup?

[pctwo]

Hi,

I need a backup option for a small medical practice with a server and 3 networked PCs. Total amount of data to be backed up is ~10GB, and I'd like to image the server's drive also.

Should I get a network drive or will just an external drive hooked to one of the PCs or the server good enough?

Is there an advantage to a network drive, other than the fact it doesn't needed to be hooked to a PC that's on all the time? Will a network drive be more immune to virus, etc?

Any brand I should look at or avoid? Iomega?

I also like to have something that's off site, but they only have 1.5mpbs/300kps ADSL, so uploading the data somewhere isn't a really good option. Suggestions?

thanks for any advice.

 

[akhilles]

IMO, for this scenario, an eSATA drive would be the best. It's as fast as any internal SATA drives, but it's portable. You still need a backup program that supports eSATA/NAS. I think Acronis True Image can do that.