Re: [Discuss] Home backup disks: USB vs NAS

2011-06-02 Thread Jack Coats
I was thinking the same thing about local network speed. If you have good CAT5 or better you can run gig over copper. The first thing you need is a proper speed switch and put all your ethernet into it. If you have your router to the outside you want to keep, that is OK, just plug it into the gi

Re: [Discuss] Home backup disks: USB vs NAS

2011-06-02 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 11:09:11PM -0400, Doug wrote: > If one wants the ethernet port, the device becomes a Network Attached > Storage (NAS). I have 100base-T Ethernet in the house, along with > 802.11n. Those should provide 100mbps connections to a NAS. It should be pretty cheap to upgrade go 1

Re: [Discuss] Home backup disks: USB vs NAS

2011-06-02 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf > Of Doug > > USB 1.0 2mbps > USB 2.0 Full Speed 12mbps > USB 2.0 High Speed 480mbps > USB 3.0 5 gbps You're not talking about a USB fob, are you? They normally don't put that kind of information on usb hard drives, becau

Re: [Discuss] Home backup disks: USB vs NAS

2011-06-01 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Doug wrote: > I was looking into setting up a time machine backup disk for the macs > in the house. There appear to be hundreds of USB2.0 external devices > which transfer at a rate of ... > > USB 1.0 2mbps USB 1.0 was 1.5Mbps. > USB 2.0 Full Speed 12mbps The 12Mbp

[Discuss] Home backup disks: USB vs NAS

2011-06-01 Thread Doug
I was looking into setting up a time machine backup disk for the macs in the house. There appear to be hundreds of USB2.0 external devices which transfer at a rate of ... USB 1.0 2mbps USB 2.0 Full Speed 12mbps USB 2.0 High Speed 480mbps USB 3.0 5 gbps I am seeing USB 2.0 all over the place, but