Just realized i have 10+ years of digital photos and so much music here on the computer! It would be horrible if these got lost due to a crash, hard drive failure, or disaster of some kind to the house.
Here is what i am thinking, external networked hard drive in the shed (about 50' from house). This way if the house burns down etc everything would be saved and i would not have to worry about daily/weekly/monthly backups and bringing a portable hard drive off side.
What is the operating temp of such a device? The shed is not heated so temps would be from -5 in winter to 100* in summer. Would that be to cold or would the constant spinning and being powered on keep it warm enough. If not could i put it in a foam built box with say a nightlight to keep it warm?
Any recommendations as to brands or products? I am thinking wired because it's more secured and faster. I will be trenching some conduits to the shed to re-do the power and bury the satellite wires over the weekend. It would be easy to toss cat 6 in with the satellite wires and bring it back to the router.
Does this sound like a realistic idea? Is there another solution out there?
Seemed for about $150 i could get a 1tb networked hard drive and backup both computers in the house to it.
Thanks!
Here is what i am thinking, external networked hard drive in the shed (about 50' from house). This way if the house burns down etc everything would be saved and i would not have to worry about daily/weekly/monthly backups and bringing a portable hard drive off side.
What is the operating temp of such a device? The shed is not heated so temps would be from -5 in winter to 100* in summer. Would that be to cold or would the constant spinning and being powered on keep it warm enough. If not could i put it in a foam built box with say a nightlight to keep it warm?
Any recommendations as to brands or products? I am thinking wired because it's more secured and faster. I will be trenching some conduits to the shed to re-do the power and bury the satellite wires over the weekend. It would be easy to toss cat 6 in with the satellite wires and bring it back to the router.
Does this sound like a realistic idea? Is there another solution out there?
Seemed for about $150 i could get a 1tb networked hard drive and backup both computers in the house to it.
Thanks!