Network Attached Storage or extra drives on/in the desktop?

danpass

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My story begins in the late 90's when I discovered 'the router'. I took my Dell P75, put it in the basement, ran an Ethernet cord upstairs (through a hole in the floor) into the router. Now with my fancy new Dell P266 I could read 'the server' downstairs :geek: I'll leave my discovery of VNC for another time hehe.

Since then I've been using my desktop and the drives inside as a server of sorts. Currently I've got an 80 for OS and programs, a 500gb for stuff and a 160gb in an external plugged into USB.

I leave the thing on 24/7/365. Burn that fossil fuel! :D


So to finally get to the point :D the 500 is 80% full and I'm wondering if I go with the Iomega external 1tb or get into NAS.

Thoughts?
 

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Anyone? Bueller? lol
 

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Win 7 64 ProE44002GB - G.Skill DDR2 800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQSapphire 100172L Radeon X1550 256mb
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Danpass 642
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Win 7 64 Pro
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E4400
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P5N-E SLI
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2GB - G.Skill DDR2 800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
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Sapphire 100172L Radeon X1550 256mb
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built-in
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Viewsonic 19"
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1440x900
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Ultra ULT-VX600
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Antec Three Hundred
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Stock Antec 120 and 140 fans on low plus two 120s for intake
No one uses NAS?
 

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Win 7 64 ProE44002GB - G.Skill DDR2 800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQSapphire 100172L Radeon X1550 256mb
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Danpass 642
OS
Win 7 64 Pro
CPU
E4400
Motherboard
P5N-E SLI
Memory
2GB - G.Skill DDR2 800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire 100172L Radeon X1550 256mb
Sound Card
built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Viewsonic 19"
Screen Resolution
1440x900
PSU
Ultra ULT-VX600
Case
Antec Three Hundred
Cooling
Stock Antec 120 and 140 fans on low plus two 120s for intake
NAS = slower transfer rate, depending on configuration - it can be very flexible...
DAS = faster, but not so flexible...

I'd go with SAN, over iSCSI... It simulates DAS over ethernet, but you need at least Gigabit speed to at least taste the "difference". Much much much more configurable than NAS, and it works at block level...

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