[Ti] Airport backup?

[Jesse Brown]

On 8/17/05 3:00 PM, "Bradley Ellis" <brad212 at mac.com> wrote:

> Hey Ondra,
> 
> Thanks for the information.
> 
> So there's no way to connect my Airport Extreme Base station to my
> firewire ac-powered hard drive (no adaptors, etc.)?
> 
> Even if I could connect, would my wireless computers "see" the hard
> drive and be able to access it wirelessly?
> 
> I guess an option would be "hardwire" (via ethernet cable) a cheap
> computer to the Airport base and access the external hard drive this
> way?


What you're asking for is a Network Attached Storage which is a "server"
dedicated to providing nothing but storage. Another type of system is a
"Storage Area Network" using fiber switches connected to drive arrays
specifically made for network storage and which appear as addessable
storage.

What you've concluded is correct. You need a server of some type dedicated
to "sharing"" a storage device over the local area network.

-- 
Jesse

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