I need some advice on BIG external storage units

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 06:15 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Chris G wrote:
> > On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 04:02:10PM -0700, Steven Davies-Morris wrote:
> >   
> >> Tom Rausner wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi !
> >>>
> >>> I'm going to by myself a BIG (1 TB, maby 2..) external storage. The
> >>> question is; what to by ? A lot of them are pointed at geting used
> >>> with Windows and that might be a problem (internal software etc.).
> >>> Are there some ones amongst you guys, having some experiences to share ?
> >>>
> >>> Tom Rausner
> >>> tom at tomtech.dk
> >>>       
> >> About 18 months ago I put 250gb Buffalo external storage units into my 
> >> customers' stores.  These have a Hitachi drive in them IIRC and are both 
> >> USB 2 + ethernet connectable.  I imagine they have a 1 TB model, or 
> >> bigger, by now. Regardless of the mfg, I'd go with one that has an 
> >> ethernet 192.168.x.x addressable device 'cos then it won't matter what 
> >> O/S you're hooked up to.
> >>
> >>     
> > Even that can cause problems, my Freecom drive insists on being a DHCP
> > server by default!
> >
> >   
>     I have lost the thread on this subject. What does an IP number have 
> to do with a hard drive? Why would a Freecom hd be a DHCP server?
> 
>     A hard drive is a hardware box that connects to a computer via a 
> known method. In most computers it now is a SATA connection but many are 
> still using IDE.
> 
>     Where can I learn about the big hard drives?
> 
> Karl


Yes, Karl
One of the known methods to connect an external HDD is TCP/IP ...
... and there one needs an IP address to get the connection to the
HDD ;-)
Cheers, svobi