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NAS or Server... What's the diff.. which is best?

I'm wondering which to do if the express purpose is to access music and/or Movies anywhere in the home… and naturally back up personal files.

NOTE Security too is very important.

Depending on which is your recommendation…. Mind suggesting one?

The current allotment of personal confusers is… Two desktop PC’s, and one Laptop, but 3 different OS. XP, XP Pro, and the laptop will be Vista. Only the laptop will be Wy Fy… all else is Ethernet cabled… via a D-Link Wireless router

Only one USB 500 GB external drive is in place… I’ve two drives in the Pro unit.totaling 330GB…. About 180 or so on the XP unit, and probably not much space at all on the notebook.

I’m thinking a Tera bit minimum. With the ability to expand.
blindjim
ncarlson73
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As seen on NBC: Scott Steele Technology

You might consider getting something similar to a Linksys NAS200. I think this would fill most of your requirements and it costs about $120 bucks not included bulk drives. This is a pretty cool system because it allows you to buy the bulk drives and install them yourself. Plus as drives get cheaper and bigger, you can upgrade relatively inexpensively. Otherwise I would go with a external terabyte station from WD or Buffalo.
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tboooe
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Personally, to ensure that any pc or device can access the data on the network without the need for a pc to be on, I would use a NAS connected to the wireless router. I have used a few and my favorite is Infrant ReadyNas NV. This NAS has 4 slots for drives so you could easily expand. Putting your NAS on the router also allows you to quickly add additional drives in the future.
blindjim OP
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Thanks folks...

I'm inclined to go with a NAS unit personally. On this site:

http://computershopper.com.com/external-hard-drives/netgear-readynas-nv-network/4505-3190_7-32464002.html?tag=prod.txt.1

Several are listed with read and write speeds in varying raid modes.

the Netgear NV+ is a bit more expense than I'd care to bite off right now. But I'm thinking amongst these listed one of these NAS units should fit well for me... I think.

The Iomega looks pretty tasty too, and so does the Seagate, due to the eSATA connectivity.

Support and cost will likely swing the vote.
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