Any decent network has 99%+ uptime so I don't see how network reliability is a major flaw of network drives. I have never not been able to access my network drive in 3 years on campus, and I use it several times per day.
I don't see how you can beat the price and reliability of a network drive. The usability is splendid and there is virtually no chance of losing your data.
When I have to transfer 2 gigs of raw data to my home computer nothing beats just sticking it on the network drive.
It is drag-and-drop. It functions exactly like
a physical hard drive in windows explorer. I don't know if it could get any easier.
Save As->X:/filename.doc
Why bother messing with email attachments?
With a decent system setup, nothing is faster than a network drive.
I think our network drive has a 2.0gig cap on it. Don't think I'll have a problem...
I personally have 3 years of papers/research/files/source code plus everything I ever wrote in high school loaded on my network drive.
Use a shared network drive. Our campus (BSD server and WinNT clients for the most part) just has a large "X: drive" that links to your/home directory. You save your files to your X: drive just as you would to the hard drive, very simple. Plus you can access your files from my system on the network or your dorm computer. Plus theres the added benefit of being able to ftp into your account and access the files for easy upload/downloading. Its cheap, its fast, and its secure. Using removable media is so...90's!
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Every try using ftp and a dialup?
I don't see how you can beat the price and reliability of a network drive. The usability is splendid and there is virtually no chance of losing your data.
When I have to transfer 2 gigs of raw data to my home computer nothing beats just sticking it on the network drive.
I don't know a single person that uses Zip drives. Personally I think they are worthless for what they cost. Network drives are the way to go...
It is drag-and-drop. It functions exactly like a physical hard drive in windows explorer. I don't know if it could get any easier. Save As->X:/filename.doc Why bother messing with email attachments? With a decent system setup, nothing is faster than a network drive. I think our network drive has a 2.0gig cap on it. Don't think I'll have a problem... I personally have 3 years of papers/research/files/source code plus everything I ever wrote in high school loaded on my network drive.
Use a shared network drive. Our campus (BSD server and WinNT clients for the most part) just has a large "X: drive" that links to your /home directory. You save your files to your X: drive just as you would to the hard drive, very simple. Plus you can access your files from my system on the network or your dorm computer. Plus theres the added benefit of being able to ftp into your account and access the files for easy upload/downloading. Its cheap, its fast, and its secure. Using removable media is so...90's!