NAS devices

[G0AOZ]

I've no experience of these devices. The manufacturer's blurb for small sizes (500Gb to 1000Gb) indicates they required machines to have W2K, XP, etc. Do I assume that users on a LAN with, say, Windows 98 will NOT be able to access this type of network storage? Presumably the software provided maybe won't run on the W98 OS?

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[SimonDavies]

I have a Buffalo NAS and I don't have to install any software on my workstations, it just uses normal SMB shares as far as I can tell, I am guessing it's if you want to install some management software but considering I manage mine thru the web interface I am a tad confused.

I for one would definitely look at a Buffalo NAS, I got the 1tb version which I updated to a 3tb version very easily (even tho they don't like to advertise it themselves you can self update the drives you just have to do it one drive at a time when the NAS is empty, ie power off the NAS, replace drive 4, power on, let itself update the tables on the new drive and rinse and repeat).

SimonD.

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[G0AOZ]

Thanks Simon, that all makes sense. As you say, it's probably the management software that requires XP etc.

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