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network storage system help

by Peggy6176 Mar 21, 2006 9:32AM PST

Hello, I was wondering if someone could recommend to me a product or solution for what I want to create:

I have 2 80GB internal IDE hard drives. I want to connect one of those drives to my network as a network drive for all of my computers to access (4 windows machines and 1 Mac), and have the other drive be a mirror or automated backup of the first drive. I also want this to be as cheap a solution as possible .

What is the easiest and most cost-effective way to implement this mirrored SAN in my home using the 2 hard drives I have? I have checked out the Netgear SC101 but I already know it won't be compatible with my Mac, and requires software installation on all of my machines (it would be nice if I did NOT have to install software on my machines). Anything I can buy instore/online/eBay?

Thanks.

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by kena10 Mar 21, 2006 6:39PM PST

go to tiger direct and look into their NAS boxes. They have empty ones that you can simply stick any IDE HDD in it and have it connected to your network through USB, Firewire or Ethernet ports. Last time I checked the boxes were going for 99 bucks for the decent ones.

Try this link:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1503202&CatId=0

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