Thanks! Sounds like a good solution. From looking at the drives the
higher price may be justified by what looks like a better quality case
than the $25-30 ones found all over. I have 3 USB-2 drive cases that
all have fans. I haven't seen any with fans lately.
Chuck Norcutt
Piers Hemy wrote:
> In general terms, I agree with you, Chuck.
>
> In specific terms, the I find the Linksys NSLU2 is well worth a look at
> USD80 here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124036
> with a review here:
> http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2004/07/06/linksys_network_storage_link_for_us
> b_2_nslu2/
>
> I use it with a pair of these:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148170
>
> USD350 for 500GB of networked file storage, ready to go, is slightly higher
> than your solution, but slightly more flexible if you have more than one PC
> to backup - and permits the backups to be remote from the PC.
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