Another new iMac Question

[Wanski]

I'm about to pull the plug on a new iMac. I have a 2010 MBP running Snow leopard. The info I have found on the forums suggest getting the iMac now with the stable SL OS in case there's problems with Lion. My problem is that I would like a 2TB HD instead of the 1TB stock.
I have about 250GB of photos, 60GB of music, and about 60 hours of home video that I want to store and access.

Here are my options as I see them:

#1 Order the 2TB and load everything in.

#2 Get the 1TB and chain a 2TB Firewire HD to store things on.

#3 Get the 1TB and get a NAS system for storage and backup.
I have been researching a NAS and that would be great but frankly it seems technically a bit above me. I had planned to buy some hard drives to back up to and keep a copy off site for safe keeping.

Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated!!

p.s. I have a TC that her MBP backs up to that has ~560GB of 990GB storage.

Cheers!!

 

[S.B.G]

I'm about to pull the plug on a new iMac. I have a 2010 MBP running Snow leopard. The info I have found on the forums suggest getting the iMac now with the stable SL OS in case there's problems with Lion. My problem is that I would like a 2TB HD instead of the 1TB stock.
I have about 250GB of photos, 60GB of music, and about 60 hours of home video that I want to store and access.

Here are my options as I see them:

#1 Order the 2TB and load everything in.

#2 Get the 1TB and chain a 2TB Firewire HD to store things on.

#3 Get the 1TB and get a NAS system for storage and backup.
I have been researching a NAS and that would be great but frankly it seems technically a bit above me. I had planned to buy some hard drives to back up to and keep a copy off site for safe keeping.

Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated!!

p.s. I have a TC that her MBP backs up to that has ~560GB of 990GB storage.

Cheers!!

I would go with option #2, it would probably be the least expensive way to go. Plus you'll have 3TB of storage overall.

PS. The phrase "pull the plug" usually means to end something... I think you meant to "pull the trigger," just saying...

 

[-Ryan-]

I'd probably go with option 1, just for the simplicity of the setup. Option 2 would be fine as well, particularly as you are buying a desktop PC.

 

[peapody]

I would do option 2 and keep all media etc on the external drive and perhaps even do a firewire daisy chain down the line to add on more storage or do a time machine off one of the drives. It is nice to have a lot of space on the main computer but that is a lot of data to consistently back up and risk losing. Having your data on the external lets you transfer to different machines as well.

 

[Vylen]

Get the 2TB internal drive then get a 2 or 3TB external for a new backup drive using time capsule. Just interchange the external with the time capsule you have now every month or so in case either backup drive fails.

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[Wanski]

Does anyone think a Synology DS 211j w/ 2-2TB drives (~$360) would be a good option and store all my pics, vids and music on that and swapping another HD in for a copy to keep off site every month or two for backup?

Sandbox, thanks for the grammar lesson, let me clarify, I am going to pull the trigger on a new iMac and pull the plug on my POS PC. Sound Good

 

[jkmags]

I had the same question when I was considering my BTO iMac, i eventually went with the 1 TB system drive and the 2 TB WD My Book (listed below, includes all cables). I setup the My Book drive as a raid 1 with 1 TB of storage that I use for Time Machine and my Itunes library leaving my system hard drive for Virtual machines and apps.

As a side note I also backup my data to an HP Media server in case I lose both drives on the WD external.



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