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Networked Storage Choices

by ben_cline Nov 15, 2008 3:54PM PST

I've been looking up solutions for networked storage. I want it mainly for my computer, so I just want to mainly put movies on it. I might do music, but I mainly need all the videos off my desktop.

I've looked at the Western Digital drives, but their network ones have a very low score. I was just wondering what my best bet would be for this, and I'm looking to spend under $200 for 250+GB, even if I need to use my own hard drive.

Any positive help is useful. Thanks!

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Networked Storage Choices

by Danc313 Nov 17, 2008 10:51PM PST

I too faced this issue and discovered that the Seagate Barracuda drives offer a 5 year warranty (parts/labor) whereas all others only offered 3 years max. This becomes a great indictor of dependability for the drives. At less than $100.00 for a 500GB drive, add another $30.00 for a USB external case and your problem is solved.

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by ben_cline Nov 18, 2008 10:15AM PST

I've got a 320GB WD drive that's about a year old, almost hasn't been used. And I have an external USB/1394 case somewhere, but I was having issues with it due to not wanting to clear the drive. Also wanting the networking capability to share family photos over the LAN.

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