Oh, God, they're geeking out again.
That USB box doesn't seem like that great of a deal; it's just a case and fans, right? You still need a mobo, memory, processor, controller, etc. I thought the limeware thing was pretty cool, though.
I know RAID is now "sexy computing power for the masses" but I'm just not sure it's necessary. I guess it depends on how much storage you REALLY need, and how fast you need it to be. Personally, I think maintaining another whole system can be kind of a pain. You really just need more storage, right? Drives are cheap.
It seems to me that NAS devices like
this - or even external USB drives - are the future. Unless you REALLY need to be able to hot swap drives, why not just get a couple of these and automate the backups using
Syncback or something?
I know. I'll be burned at the stake eventually. I just hope it's for something worthwhile.
