I'm in need of a storage device to backup all my vast quantities of data on my home network and act as a file server. Does anyone know of the ultimate solution that meets or comes close to the following???...
1) RAID1 - should accept two drives to mirror all data
2) Speed - I would like it to be fast
3) Ethernet - Gigabit if possible. Minimum 100Mbps
4) Standard protocols - I would like something that doesn't require drivers/software to be installed on each client - as is required with Ximeta drives for example. OS X support is a requirement!
5) Should have ability to setup shares, permissions, etc.
6) Remote backup scheduling would be cool.
7) Price should be under $500 (including drives)
8) I would like to be able to buy just the enclosure so I can pick out the drives.
I've recently been reading about a new tech by Zetera that is being used in a new product by Netgear called Storage Central (SC101) that is rumored to be coming out in mid-June 2005. Does anyone know anything about this product? It sounds a lot like the Ximeta drives. I'm a little hesitant to buy anything that requires software installed on each client - especially if they don't support OS X.
1) RAID1 - should accept two drives to mirror all data
2) Speed - I would like it to be fast
3) Ethernet - Gigabit if possible. Minimum 100Mbps
4) Standard protocols - I would like something that doesn't require drivers/software to be installed on each client - as is required with Ximeta drives for example. OS X support is a requirement!
5) Should have ability to setup shares, permissions, etc.
6) Remote backup scheduling would be cool.
7) Price should be under $500 (including drives)
8) I would like to be able to buy just the enclosure so I can pick out the drives.
I've recently been reading about a new tech by Zetera that is being used in a new product by Netgear called Storage Central (SC101) that is rumored to be coming out in mid-June 2005. Does anyone know anything about this product? It sounds a lot like the Ximeta drives. I'm a little hesitant to buy anything that requires software installed on each client - especially if they don't support OS X.