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From: Jolly Roger on 21 Feb 2010 11:54 In article <7ud2m4Fh49U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > On 2010-02-20 11:39 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: > > > The DroboShare wouldn't suffice?: > > > > <http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/droboshare-drobo-nas-mini-review/> > > The first thing I looked at when this discussion started was at drobo > products. And unfortunately (and surprisingly) the droboshare is > SMB/CIFS only. It doesn't do AFP. This may rule it out for several people. That would certainly rule it out for me. I currently have my Drobo connected to a Mac mini, where it functions very well as storage for the AFP file service running on the mini. > Of course if I wanted to build an NAS for a Mac network, I would > attached a Drobo via FireWire to a Mac Mini, and use the Mini to provide > AFP services. This way, I could also make that Mini an iTunes server as > well. Exactly. : ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 21 Feb 2010 12:19 Jolly Roger wrote: > That would certainly rule it out for me. I currently have my Drobo > connected to a Mac mini, where it functions very well as storage for the > AFP file service running on the mini. I'm curious about that. I have a mixed Mac (OSX), Mac (system7 to MacOS 9), Windows, other UNIXs and Linux network. My file servers are Linux and they serve the same file systems via NFS, SMB/CIFS and AFP (netatalk). Obviously the pre OSX Mac's need AFP, but I'm not sure the OSX ones do. For files that are not Mac specific such as MP3 files, videos, ebooks, etc, they work as well on the OSX Macs using SMB/CIFS as they do with AFP. Note that I don't use iTunes with them, my portables are not iPods, so they are managed with Windows by some of us and by Finder and UNIX commands on my Mac. >> Of course if I wanted to build an NAS for a Mac network, I would >> attached a Drobo via FireWire to a Mac Mini, and use the Mini to provide >> AFP services. This way, I could also make that Mini an iTunes server as >> well. > > Exactly. : ) Sounds good to me too. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.
From: Bob Harris on 21 Feb 2010 18:44
In article <tph-A76525.17063120022010(a)localhost>, Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > In article <nospam.News.Bob-EAB4EC.18020220022010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > > > If you are going to use a NAS for Time Machine backups (supported > > or unsupported), and you are going to be using a laptop that > > leaves the house a lot, then I would be careful. You might > > consider one of the utilities that can change the Time Machine > > backup schedule so that it is less likely to be backing up your > > laptop around the time you are most likely to take it out of the > > house. And then for all other times, make sure you stop any Time > > Machine backups in progress and manually dismount the remote file > > system. > > It can be inconvenient when I need to take my laptop somewhere while TM > is in progress, but the "stop backing up" menu item gets it free pretty > quickly. TM should automatically unmount the drive unless you already > had it connected for some other purpose. Yea, I know. And I tried very hard to always check that Time Machine was either not running, or that I Clicked on the Stop backup up" menu item. But still ever few months I would end up with a corrupt Time Machine backup, and I would be starting over again. On the other hand, my Wife's MacBook Pro, which generally stays at home all the time, has not had a problem using Time Machine to the Mac mini server. And my iMac at work with a USB attached drive also works fine. It is just my MacBook that leaves the house just about every day that gets hit with the problem. Maybe when I decide to upgrade my MacBook from Leopard to Snow Leopard, I'll try using Time Machine again with the MacBook. Until then, I depend in SuperDuper via the network to a container file (which I manually initiate). But I do like my Mac mini server, which I use for Time Machine (my Wife's MacBook Pro), rsnapshot perl script pulling backups from my Wife's older iBook G4, and my Mother's iMac G4 (300 miles away), as well as doing other services for me. It is a nice solution. Bob Harris |