Mirroring or Time Machine?

[zoran]

you already got a lot of responses about the NAS vs DAS question. the only thing i can contribute is that DAS is faster (in most cases) than NAS, meaning if you set the DAS on a machine that you don't mind running 24/7 and enable file sharing in your LAN you will effectively have a NAS that is better and more robust (faster access) and reliable (no worries about 3rd party software).

when i was deciding NAS vs DAS i spend some time here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-charts/view
you max throughput on your LAN (unless you set up link aggregation) is 100MB/s but most cheap-er NAS don't even come close where as a DAS with WD Red drive will do 130MB/S or so..

anyways, good luck

From my last post, the issue isn't NAS vs DAS but why get the Buffalo NAS and not the WD NAS?
And plz note that, with my iMac, the fastest post is a FW800, the NAS will be faster than a that DAS... am i right?

 

[mvmanolov]

From my last post, the issue isn't NAS vs DAS but why get the Buffalo NAS and not the WD NAS?
And plz note that, with my iMac, the fastest post is a FW800, the NAS will be faster than a that DAS... am i right?

well, if you looked at the site i pointed you to you will see the throughput speeds of a number of NASs you can then compare, read review, and make an informed decision! FW800 will give you up to 100MB/s whereas many cheap NAS won't...

the buffalo one i pointed you to is not a NAS (unless i misread it...)