Comments on: Western Digital MyBook World Edition: A Review http://techbasedmarketing.com/tools/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/783/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lynettehttp://techbasedmarketing.com/tools/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/783/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Lynette Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:35:54 +0000 http://techbasedmarketing.com/blog/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/1032#comment-1439 LOL Hey Santa. Oh yes we could definitely use the energy. I suppose the biggest reason is that I wanted a network attached storage system. Accessible to everyone on the network and sometimes from outside our network when traveling and I didn't want to mess with remote access software like VNC or pay for a monthly remote access software where it'll only be used at most 3 times a year.Incidentally, saving energy was one of the reasons why I opted to have NAS instead of keeping the computer running all the time. That's what our home server is. A retired desktop.There are many ways to set this up. I could have just upgraded the home yes, just in this case I figured network attached storage was more suitable.I normally don't buy branded external drives. We have several external drives we built ourselves. Those are much easier to run IMHO. Why external? Because I wanted a off system backup :) LOL Hey Santa. Oh yes we could definitely use the energy. I suppose the biggest reason is that I wanted a network attached storage system. Accessible to everyone on the network and sometimes from outside our network when traveling and I didn’t want to mess with remote access software like VNC or pay for a monthly remote access software where it’ll only be used at most 3 times a year.

Incidentally, saving energy was one of the reasons why I opted to have NAS instead of keeping the computer running all the time. That’s what our home server is. A retired desktop.

There are many ways to set this up. I could have just upgraded the home yes, just in this case I figured network attached storage was more suitable.

I normally don’t buy branded external drives. We have several external drives we built ourselves. Those are much easier to run IMHO. Why external? Because I wanted a off system backup :)

]]> By: Lynettehttp://techbasedmarketing.com/tools/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/783/comment-page-1/#comment-3841 Lynette Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:35:00 +0000 http://techbasedmarketing.com/blog/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/1032#comment-3841 LOL Hey Santa. Oh yes we could definitely use the energy. I suppose the biggest reason is that I wanted a network attached storage system. Accessible to everyone on the network and sometimes from outside our network when traveling and I didn't want to mess with remote access software like VNC or pay for a monthly remote access software where it'll only be used at most 3 times a year.Incidentally, saving energy was one of the reasons why I opted to have NAS instead of keeping the computer running all the time. That's what our home server is. A retired desktop.There are many ways to set this up. I could have just upgraded the home yes, just in this case I figured network attached storage was more suitable.I normally don't buy branded external drives. We have several external drives we built ourselves. Those are much easier to run IMHO. Why external? Because I wanted a off system backup :) LOL Hey Santa. Oh yes we could definitely use the energy. I suppose the biggest reason is that I wanted a network attached storage system. Accessible to everyone on the network and sometimes from outside our network when traveling and I didn’t want to mess with remote access software like VNC or pay for a monthly remote access software where it’ll only be used at most 3 times a year.

Incidentally, saving energy was one of the reasons why I opted to have NAS instead of keeping the computer running all the time. That’s what our home server is. A retired desktop.

There are many ways to set this up. I could have just upgraded the home yes, just in this case I figured network attached storage was more suitable.

I normally don’t buy branded external drives. We have several external drives we built ourselves. Those are much easier to run IMHO. Why external? Because I wanted a off system backup :)

]]> By: Santa?http://techbasedmarketing.com/tools/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/783/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Santa? Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:30:22 +0000 http://techbasedmarketing.com/blog/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/1032#comment-1440 Lynette, would it not have been easier to upgrade the server? I know, all the external HDs (USB&LAN) are promoted all over the place and getting cheaper every day, but in many cases they increase the workload by additional administration. Also additional external drives consume additional power and probably get not switched off completly when other systems are ahut down. Engergy that we could save and use for our electric lights on the cristmas tree :) Lynette,
would it not have been easier to upgrade the server?
I know, all the external HDs (USB&LAN) are promoted all over the place and getting cheaper every day, but in many cases they increase the workload by additional administration.
Also additional external drives consume additional power and probably get not switched off completly when other systems are ahut down. Engergy that we could save and use for our electric lights on the cristmas tree :)

]]> By: Santa?http://techbasedmarketing.com/tools/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/783/comment-page-1/#comment-3842 Santa? Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000 http://techbasedmarketing.com/blog/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-a-review/1032#comment-3842 Lynette, would it not have been easier to upgrade the server? I know, all the external HDs (USB&LAN) are promoted all over the place and getting cheaper every day, but in many cases they increase the workload by additional administration. Also additional external drives consume additional power and probably get not switched off completly when other systems are ahut down. Engergy that we could save and use for our electric lights on the cristmas tree :) Lynette,
would it not have been easier to upgrade the server?
I know, all the external HDs (USB&LAN) are promoted all over the place and getting cheaper every day, but in many cases they increase the workload by additional administration.
Also additional external drives consume additional power and probably get not switched off completly when other systems are ahut down. Engergy that we could save and use for our electric lights on the cristmas tree :)

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