[iyonix-support] Re: USB hard drive
- From: Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:47:49 GMT
On 16 Nov 2007 Chris <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu 15 Nov, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been offered a Lacie 500Gb USB 2.0 external hard-drive. Can
>>> anyone tell me if it will work with my Iyonix?
>> Yes but!
> [Snip]
> Thank you Chris - as usual a very helpful and enlightening reply.
> You've given enough information to buy from you with confidence or to
> go my own way if I prefer.
> I'm tempted to go the CJE route but have seen other NAS storage
> solutions (without CJE support, of course) starting at under a tenner.
> Eg. an Iyomega StorCenter NAS 250Gb hard drive with 2 USB expansion
> ports, or a LanStorage NAS/USB 3.5" HDD enclosure (I've got a suitable
> discdrive) - both around £30.00.
> I currently use a APDL Datasafe, connected to a networked RiscPC. What
> do other users use?
I don't want to talk Chris out of a sale, but there's another way if
you have a Windows machine networked. I have a USB drive which I
attach to the networked Windows laptop for backups, and the Iyo can
see this as a share under LanMan98. You do have to be a bit careful
with the "notypes" option in LanMan though.
With best wishes,
Peter.
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