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I have this guy in a RAID 1 configuration. Basically, it's a NAS++. It has a web interface, and it is fairly fast, but it cannot handle the amount of torrents I give it, so it's download is not really up to snuff. But the interface is excellent, and it should be a great solution for 99% of the people out there.
I love RAID 1, there's a sense of security you get with RAID1 you just don't get from single HD's or RAID0.
I use it to backup everything from my emails to my photos. But mostly for my photos. I envision we are 2 years away from everybody doing this.. the reason is, we have too many damn photos!! Can't back them up. So we need to run our own mini RAID1 at home. I do!
It's a great box, highly recommended. It's a little bit on the $$$ side but the quality is there.
Of course the first thing I did was upgrade it to beta software, and then hacked it so I could get ipkg on there running and working.
I don't want to download on it, the reason is, downloading to RAID1 is taxing; and also, isn't the point of a backup NOT to be so busy that it suffers from wear and tear and dies? So as you can see, I have a Buffalo HD-HG160LAN to do all my downloading.
At some point in your life, you will need some sort of backup of your photos and burning DVD's are not an option, maybe Blueray DVD's, but regular 4 gig dvd's aren't an option because I now have 320 gigs and I don't think 80 dvd's is the way to go. So you need a backup machine, and you need it to run RAID1, and this is the box I'd recommend.
