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Re: Recommendations for Backup Hardware

nickn...@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid (Nick Naym) — Tue, 16 mar 2010 03:13:52 UT

In article jollyroger-9FC39E.20355215032. ..@news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
at jollyro...@pobox.com wrote on 3/15/10 9:35 PM:
No, I can't; I can't even afford to cover my basic living expenses. But
that's beside the point: Whatever I end up with will be provided to me as a
"gift" -- I will not be involved in any way in the purchase transaction.

Re: Recommendations for Backup Hardware

nickn...@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid (Nick Naym) — Tue, 16 mar 2010 03:13:14 UT

In article 4B9ED80D.5080...@in.au, Steve R at stev...@in.au wrote on 3/15/10
8:59 PM:
My preference is to continue to use the 750s for now.

Perhaps what is being sold as a "hub" is simply a daisy-chain configuration
for connecting multiple FW devices to a single FW port. For example, here's
a "hub" that supposedly provides 4 USB and 2 FW 400 ports, enabling you to

Re: Recommendations for Backup Hardware

jollyro...@pobox.com (Jolly Roger) — Tue, 16 mar 2010 01:35:52 UT

In article <C7C43E13.54E58%nicknaym@_remo ve_this_gmail.com.invalid>,
Can you afford $299?:
<[link]>
Did your read about what sets the Drobo apart from every other "dumb"
RAID enclosure on the market?? It's well worth even the price of $399
in my book.

Re: Recommendations for Backup Hardware

stev...@in.au (Steve R) — Tue, 16 mar 2010 00:59:57 UT

Or you could just strip out the two 750 GB drives from your enclosures
and put in bigger drives - a potentially cheap solution. It is not a
complex procedure. Depends what type of drives they are I guess.
But I'd
Firewire is a "bus" topology, so "hub" is not meaningful. Daisy-chained
as as you have it is the correct solution. Your USB solutions may need

Re: Recommendations for Backup Hardware

nickn...@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid (Nick Naym) — Mon, 15 mar 2010 23:42:11 UT

In article jollyroger-38FEC8.16522015032. ..@news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
at jollyro...@pobox.com wrote on 3/15/10 5:52 PM:
I'm not sure how far I can go, but a solution that starts at $400 for an
empty (i.e., 0 GB storage) enclosure I know is out of the question (i.e.,
it's on a "fantasy list," not a "wish list" ;) ). I also know that I'll be

Re: Recommendations for Backup Hardware

jollyro...@pobox.com (Jolly Roger) — Mon, 15 mar 2010 21:52:20 UT

In article <C7C4151F.54E13%nicknaym@_remo ve_this_gmail.com.invalid>,
Drobo! Nothing comes close!
<[link]>

Recommendations for Backup Hardware

nickn...@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid (Nick Naym) — Mon, 15 mar 2010 20:47:27 UT

I posted "TC vs. AE + External Drive" two days ago because I'm looking for
suggestions for a backup configuration. Currently, I'm using two external FW
drives (one for Time Machine, one for SuperDuper!), daisy-chained to the
iMac's FW 800 port. I've nearly outgrown one of them (they're 750 GB each),

Re: Dead flash drive?

jollyro...@pobox.com (Jolly Roger) — Mon, 15 mar 2010 20:12:58 UT

In article
<Pine.SOC.4.64.1003151057340.2 0...@ubunix2.acsu.buffalo.edu> ,
Have you looked at the /var/log/system .log file to see what error
messages are displayed when you plug it in?
Have you tried unplugging and re-connecting whatever USB hub you're
plugging the flash drive into?
Have you tried restarting the computer?

Re: Dead flash drive?

fmo...@gcfn.org (Fred Moore) — Mon, 15 mar 2010 19:15:25 UT

In article
<Pine.SOC.4.64.1003151057340.2 0...@ubunix2.acsu.buffalo.edu> ,
Can Disk Utility see it? Does it show it as formatted or unformatted?
Flash drives may be ubiquitous, but they are also fragile. The smallest
electrostatic discharge can scramble the data or even kill them. Try
reformatting it, and don't keep anything important on it.

Dead flash drive?

micha...@buffalo.edu (Michael L Kankiewicz) — Mon, 15 mar 2010 15:02:17 UT

Hi everyone. I have a flash drive that suddenly cannot be read. WHen I
put it in, the little light on it comes on like normal, but then it begins
to flash quickly and doesn't stop. Nothing shows up on the desktop. When I
plug it into a a pc it says it needs to be formatted. It worked fine
yesterday. Is there any way to recover this thing, or is everything on it

TC vs. AE + External Drive

nickn...@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid (Nick Naym) — Sat, 13 mar 2010 20:32:32 UT

What's the *practical difference* between a Time Capsule and an AirPort
Extreme/External Drive combo? I know that a lot of folks would (in
principle) favor the former, except for the fact that it has a horrid track
record. On the other hand, I've also heard that the latter isn't supported
by Apple.

Re: NAS recommendations ?

jollyro...@pobox.com (Jolly Roger) — Fri, 12 mar 2010 15:57:51 UT

In article <C7BED9D1.48CAE1%bobh...@me.co m>,
Drobo connected to a Mac mini - hands down.
It's the best in more ways than one. It's got the smartest, most
advanced virtualized RAID I've ever seen, meaning if a drive fails, not
only is your data is 100% safe, replacing the drive is literally as
simple as physically removing the bad drive and sliding in a new one.

Re: NAS recommendations ?

g.kr...@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies (Lewis) — Fri, 12 mar 2010 03:42:56 UT

In message <C7BED9D1.48CAE1%bobh...@me.co m>
Intel makes a pretty good and cheap NAS box. Now, if only I could
remember the model number...
My friend has two of them.
Ah yes, SS4200-E. Available, if you shop, for under $200. Sometimes for
under $150.
[link]

Re: NAS recommendations ?

nospam.news....@remove.smith-harris.us (Bob Harris) — Fri, 12 mar 2010 01:56:20 UT

In article <C7BED9D1.48CAE1%bobh...@me.co m>,
Look at ReadyNAS. They have a very flexible RAID implementation,
and in the past, they have had very good AppleShare networking
support.
And if you want 100% Mac compatible, then get a Mac mini, and hang
a Drobo off the side :-)

Re: Is PC133 backwards compatible with a tower that takes PC100 Dimms?

demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) — Fri, 12 mar 2010 00:09:28 UT

[Snip my details of PC133 vs PC100 potential compatibility issues]
If you can identify the part numbers on the individual chips, you can
probably do a Google search to identify their speed, capacity and type,
then multiply by the number of chips to get the total number of bits on
the DIMM and divide by 8 to get bytes.