Hello all -
Lately, I see more and more "network" drives - that is, hard
drives that connect to an Ethernet network and can be
mounted and accessed that way, instead of through USB or
Firewire.
They _look_ interesting - seems to me I could take a
large-capacity drive, partition it, connect it to the free
****t on my router, and use it to back up various startup and
data partitions that exist on my two computers (g4 & iMac).
This, as opposed to connecting/disconnecting the drives now,
when I need to do backups.
My g4 (last version of this model before it was
discontinued) has at least 10/100 Ethernet, and I believe
the iMac (2nd generation Intel "white" model) has gigabit
Ethernet (could be wrong about that).
When connected this way, are the data transfer speeds
comparable to Firewire 400?
Are there other issues worth considering, such as "bootability"?
Thanks,
- John
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