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    NAS: Do I really need a UPS?

    Thanks! Order placed.
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    NAS: Do I really need a UPS?

    Recently purchased a Buffalo Linkstation, and have read indications that I should get an Uninterrupted Power Supply in case of power failure. The APC brand units I'm looking at at Amazon, in the $50-$80 range, seem to indicate that they will only provide power from battery for several minutes...
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    Seeking streaming media advice

    In connection with my thread in the NAS forum, I'm now starting to consider just buying a good DLNA-equipped NAS device. This could be a way to prep for a future in which I always make sure to buy DLNA-ready media players.
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    NAS vs. external HDD attached to router

    Could I not format the drive ext3, or even Mac OS? Would that not also work, and with increased performance? If I were to purchase an NAS, how should the drive(s) be formatted? If I purchased one with drives included, how might I expect those drives to be formatted, or do they normally come...
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    NAS vs. external HDD attached to router

    So, in other words, if I'm going to shared files over the network using a simple external HDD attached to my router, I'm essentially limited to FAT32 if I want to be able to read and write from/to both Macs and PCs. However, a Google search found an article from this very site stating "A...
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    NAS vs. external HDD attached to router

    I guess my followup Q is: Can a simple external HDD attached to a router simply be formatted to use SMB in this way (or might the answer to this be specific to my particular router)? Or can this functionality only be provided by a NAS?
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    Seeking streaming media advice

    My question is rather broad, and I had a hard time deciding which forum to post in. But let me just start with what, in the best of all possible worlds, I'd like to accomplish: - I'd like to have one central storage device (say, an NAS, or HDD attached to router) on which to store media...
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    NAS vs. external HDD attached to router

    Hi all, I have an Asus RT-N56U "Black Diamond" router on order. This unit of course has 2 USB ports, to which I could attach an external storage device which would be available across the network. Obviously, an NAS would provide more functionality (I think), but I'm trying to decide if a...
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