file-storage ~ Chris Pirillo

Do You Have Network Media Storage?

4 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 at 11:39am

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There’s something to be said for having network attached storage. If you haven’t invested in any hardware yet, you might consider HP’s new offering. It’s a bit more than the average NAS device. Not only was HP at Macworld showing off their Media Smart Server, they also received a trophy for “Best in Show”!!

Do You Recommend a Certain Type of Portable Hard Drive?

23 Comments (Add) | Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 9:40pm

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My wife Ponzi has started to Scuba Dive recently. In a few weeks, she’ll be going to Baja CA and down into Mexico to swim with sharks. She’ll be shooting video, of course. With the MacBook Air, she won’t have enough space to store all her video. So what should she use for a portable hard drive? She likes things that are small and she can easily carry anywhere with her. I told her that the highest amount of space she’ll get and stay portable would be about 320GB. She said that no, she wanted a TB of space. I asked her if she wanted more space for storage, or more in the physical size of the unit. She wanted a compromise somehow, so I went researching. I found the Iomega 1TB drive, and even secured a coupon for it.

Which NAS Device are you Using for Network File Storage?

14 Comments (Add) | Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 1:05am

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For years, I used a computer on my home network as a file server. I then used that file server to share files throughout my network. Some of you may be using Windows Home Server to serve up your files, but you may want to think about getting a NAS device. NAS stands for “Network-Attached Storage” devices. They are enclosures with hard drives inside them that could be accessible anywhere on the network. Then as NAS prices started to drop, they became a more feasible option for me. One NAS option for you is the Synology DS207.