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[Timothy Hildred]

the sheevaplug might be a good option, low power use, pretty powerful, nice
and small

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Thomas Milne <
tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:09 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman
> <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I am planning to set up a fileserver for my home network.  Mainly, this
> > is so that when my wife is at home she can sync her laptop and her
> > desktop (both Macs) via a quick-and-easy rsync so that both machines are
> > always in sync, with an additional copy on the network from which the
> > offsite network backup can happen at night.
> >
> > I don't want to set up a separate full-sized machine to take this role -
> > I'd prefer a small, quiet and inexpensive device that I can plug in and
> > will "just work".
> >
> > I am looking at these two devices - a Linksys Media Hub or a WD MyBook:
> >
> >
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_357&item_id=023031
> >
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_213_603&item_id=031508
> >
> > I would welcome any other suggestions or caveats.  Thanks!
> > --
> >
>
> I have the WD, and it's great. I don't know what else there is to say,
> it did what they said: I plugged it in and it worked.
>
> I chose it because it's WD, and they always seem to come highly
> recommended when it comes to storage.
>
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