I've been using FreeNAS for quite some time and it's simply amazing. The system itself can be configured to run off a USB thumb drive with minimal writes (so the flash drive lasts longer)... that way you can use 100% of any attached HDs for storage. FreeNAS also runs fine on lots of low-power/quiet/cool VIA embedded motherboards.
My company bought 4 LaCie big disks and they all went bad in a little over 1 year. They get *very* hot inside. LaCie provided no support or help of any kind since the warantee had just expired. Also a couple friends had the same experience with LaCie HDs. Just a warning to other/.ers
Running a wire between 2 points means your connection is:
1. Cheaper 2. Faster 3. More reliable
Not to mention that wireless standards keep changing a little faster right now.
Wireless is a great solution for mobile devices like PDAs, laptops, etc., or really hard-to-reach places. It's also fine for very small home networks in which you're only connecting a couple devices - or don't need the bandwidth for casual users. Wireless does have its purposes.
Finally, just because you run some hard wires doesn't mean you can't also add some wireless too! You can do both, use cat6 for some HD video servers and workstations, and put wireless hotspots for your PDAs. Nothing wrong with that.
But to make a statement like 'hardwiring is usually silly' is just plain wrong.
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I've been using FreeNAS for quite some time and it's simply amazing. The system itself can be configured to run off a USB thumb drive with minimal writes (so the flash drive lasts longer)... that way you can use 100% of any attached HDs for storage. FreeNAS also runs fine on lots of low-power/quiet/cool VIA embedded motherboards.
My company bought 4 LaCie big disks and they all went bad in a little over 1 year. They get *very* hot inside. LaCie provided no support or help of any kind since the warantee had just expired. Also a couple friends had the same experience with LaCie HDs. Just a warning to other /.ers
Running a wire between 2 points means your connection is:
1. Cheaper
2. Faster
3. More reliable
Not to mention that wireless standards keep changing a little faster right now.
Wireless is a great solution for mobile devices like PDAs, laptops, etc., or really hard-to-reach places. It's also fine for very small home networks in which you're only connecting a couple devices - or don't need the bandwidth for casual users. Wireless does have its purposes.
Finally, just because you run some hard wires doesn't mean you can't also add some wireless too! You can do both, use cat6 for some HD video servers and workstations, and put wireless hotspots for your PDAs. Nothing wrong with that.
But to make a statement like 'hardwiring is usually silly' is just plain wrong.