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Network-Ready External Hard Drive

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CrimsonChaos

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I'm assuming they make external hard-drives that you can plug (ethernet) right into your network's router (instead of a USB connection into another computer).

If so, what brand do you guys recommend? I see Seagate being thrown around a lot here. Are there any other brands that are noteworthy?

Also, what advantages/pitfalls should I be looking for when choosing one? I'm guessing warranty and price-per-GB are two major ones -- are there any others?

 
Be careful what you buy... Some network drives being sold out there require you to install a "client" to every machine you want to access it with..... and then only let one machine at a time access the network drive.

You can usually find reviews for the ones you are looking at.

I personally use the Linksys Network Storage Link _> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellit...name=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

This way you get to pick the drives you want and can have mirroring of two drives.
 
Thanks for the responses.

Well, I was wanting to buy it from a local store like BestBuy or CompUSA. Do you know which brands/models they might have that would be good?

Also, how do you know if it's one of those network drives that require you to install a Client and only allows access from one computer at a time? Is that called something, or is it indicated on the box somewhere in some other way?
 
Originally posted by: WackyDan
Be careful what you buy... Some network drives being sold out there require you to install a "client" to every machine you want to access it with..... and then only let one machine at a time access the network drive.

You can usually find reviews for the ones you are looking at.

I personally use the Linksys Network Storage Link _> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellit...name=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

This way you get to pick the drives you want and can have mirroring of two drives.
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i believe the thing about this now 2? yr old device is you have to put in a empty HD and format it using their format... then copy your data in there... it doesn't use NTFS if that's important to you.
 
Can anyone with this tell me if it can be configured to be accessed remotely from another pc using the internet? Or is this just an in home/internal network device?

I want to be able to store and access some mp3's and pict files at home from work.
 
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