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FLUIDJ
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"Tips on having a shared network drive with PC's & Macs..."


  

          

What would be the best way to set up my network with a central storage solution accessible(read & write access) by both Macs & PC's?

My setup is this:
4TB's worth of hard drives in USB enclosures (2 are USB 3.0, rest are regular)
2 Macbooks (1 with a Windows 7 partition)
1 iPad
2 iPods
2 Zunes
2 Android phones
Digital Camera's with an Eye-Fi card.

Ideally, i'd like ALL media stored centrally on the network attached storage and accessible by all devices.
-When I take photo's with my camera, I want the Eye-Fi card to transmit them to the central storage.
-When I download music from Zune Marketplace, I want them stored and saved to central storage.
-Wife uses iTunes, I want her music mixed in with the same music folder I use for my Zune downloads, and for any other music I download.
-I want ALL music & other media in a central folder location accessible by all devices.

Is this possible?
So far, I've got this router coming and hopefully it'll be a good base: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=740

My idea was to daisy chain all my external HD's to this router's USB port. That in addition the 1TB on board should be PLENTY of space for everything.

Now the only issue is backup.

I'm thinking I should just stick to 1TB increments for my externals....that way, I could have 1TB for media, and back up that drive to one of the 1TB externals. I can ditch the smaller externals I have and use them for something else or give them to family....

Does this post make any sense? Sorry for rambling....

  

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Tips on having a shared network drive with PC's & Macs... [View all] , FLUIDJ, Tue Jul-10-12 07:06 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
You seem to have it figured out
Jul 11th 2012
1
Hope so. Fingers crossed, router arrives tomorrow.
Jul 12th 2012
2
      That sux. My WHS2011 seems to be runing but...
Jul 12th 2012
3
           free?...DO IT!
Jul 12th 2012
4
           betta slide over and let a real nigga handle that...
Jul 12th 2012
6
                Ha! The pluses beat out the cons
Jul 12th 2012
7
                     pssht..use it as a coffee table base if you gotta! lol
Jul 13th 2012
8
i've been using the buffalo terastation duo for my stuff.
Jul 12th 2012
5
is it noisy?
Jul 13th 2012
9
      man. that jount in another room. iont know lol.
Jul 14th 2012
10
ok..here's the problem with FiOS...
Jul 17th 2012
11
I wish I had that problem... really I do
Jul 19th 2012
13
Ok...so I copped a WD MyBook World Edition II 4TB NAS
Jul 19th 2012
12
What about Off-site backups?
Jul 19th 2012
14
I would think so, but i'm not sure yet. Does carbonite have separate
Jul 20th 2012
15
      Seems possible but only on windows and it's $229/year
Jul 20th 2012
16
how is this working for you?
Aug 16th 2012
17
      So far so good.
Aug 17th 2012
18
           lol 2 years later i finally copped a synology
Dec 30th 2014
19

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