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  3. May 2007

Re: Home Network Backup Solutions

Mike wrote:
I saw that NetGear has a file-server type thing, but is a Windows
only solution

Be very careful with some of those consumer grade file servers.

A friend of mine bought one (Netgear, I think) and found that it has a
proprietary file system ... which ended up biting him int he a-- because
the unit failed and he couldn't get a single file off it.

I just want a file server that I can access via most operating
systems (Windows, Linux or OS X) with minimum need to maintain it
with a way to run backups on my PCs so that I don't have data loss. I
know that the Windows Home Server is coming out soon as well, but
would I hit the same road block?

I would suggest a basic linux server with NFS and SMB active.

david


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