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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: eddie20850 on August 02, 2014, 10:36:35 PM
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so the enclosure doesn't fit stand alone external drives. so i'll take it back. ok, lesson learned. thanks
kinda noob to some of the more technical computer stuff, but i know you guys are savvy so i'll start here. I saw a old post about NAS Raid, but when i went to reply, i got a message that thread was over 120 days old that I should start a new thread. So here goes, thanks for readin' and replyin'
I have a Mac Mini that I use for downloading shows on etree using Vuze, and a toshiba laptop i use for listening to shows on winamp since it has HDMI and my receiver has HDMI. I have a 75% full 2T Buffalo Linkstation NAS drive for etree and a 2T Seagate drive that I use for iTunes. I also have a 3rd external drive a WD 1T that's empty now. I have had a few windows machines die and so i gather it's a bit safer to download to an external drive, though I guess those die just as easy as computers huh?
I kinda wanna learn about pairing external drives. I bought a Buffalo 2-bay enclosure that I haven't opened yet, but it was 80$ so i figured it might be a good start. I will handle 2 3T drives, which would take me awhile to fill. Anyone have bad luck with Buffalo drives? R they schwagg? Since my drive is Buffalo I thought buying a Buffalo exclosure is a plus, any thoughts?
My network is on my Comcast XFinity and I'm happy w/it and speed etc.
Thanks for reading, have a great day
Eddie
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This may or may not help, but I've always had the best luck with Seagate drives. I haven't used many external drives, for internal drives, they've always been rock solid.
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Most RAID enclosures like Buffalo use external SATA drives as their hard drive set up, usually in 2-3-4 tb set ups.