Looking to buy and NAS
Posted: Wed 07 Sep 2011, 05:30
Hi, I'm a noob to Puppy, so please forgive if I've posted in the wrong place.
I'm considering buying an NAS to plug into my router, rather than adding disk space to both old PC's I have. The one I run Puppy on is almost 10 years old, and every time I try to add hardware it is a pain. Nothing ever works with it. It runs Puppy just fine though!
So I thought I'd ask before buying. Am considering:
Buffalo Technology LinkStation Live 1.0TB,
Western Digital My Book Live 1 TB,
Iomega 1 TB Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition 34763
All are around $100, and all have mixed reviews on Amazon. The Iomega is the only one that specifically mentions Linux, but it does not specify Puppy or Ubuntu. I actually could live with a 500 GB drive, if it were cheaper, but I don't find any that small for sale now.
My needs are fairly light, with photos and home video taking the most space. Perhaps streaming music, too. Am currently living in about 150 GB spread between 2 PC's, but am out of space on both now.
Does anyone have experience with any of the above, or alternatives in the same ball park, cost and size-wise? Or, if NAS is a stupid idea, please let me know.
Thanks much.
I'm considering buying an NAS to plug into my router, rather than adding disk space to both old PC's I have. The one I run Puppy on is almost 10 years old, and every time I try to add hardware it is a pain. Nothing ever works with it. It runs Puppy just fine though!
So I thought I'd ask before buying. Am considering:
Buffalo Technology LinkStation Live 1.0TB,
Western Digital My Book Live 1 TB,
Iomega 1 TB Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition 34763
All are around $100, and all have mixed reviews on Amazon. The Iomega is the only one that specifically mentions Linux, but it does not specify Puppy or Ubuntu. I actually could live with a 500 GB drive, if it were cheaper, but I don't find any that small for sale now.
My needs are fairly light, with photos and home video taking the most space. Perhaps streaming music, too. Am currently living in about 150 GB spread between 2 PC's, but am out of space on both now.
Does anyone have experience with any of the above, or alternatives in the same ball park, cost and size-wise? Or, if NAS is a stupid idea, please let me know.
Thanks much.