I have one (250G), but it's used only for secondary backup. It works
OK, but I'm not sure I want to trust my company to it. We use a Linux
server. Check the computer prices at WalMart. You can get a Compaq
Presario with a Sempron 3000+ for $494. You'd need to add a hard drive.
Try newegg.com for that. For around $600 you'd have a better, more
stable server that you'd have some chance of recovering data from if it
crashed. I wouldn't want to try recovery off a Buffalo Link Station.
Martin
Gordon Price wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with the Buffalo Link Station as a File
> Server on a small P2P network? I am looking at using a 120G version, with a
> 250G USB drive attached for backup. The office currently has a WinXP P2P
> network, with data stored on all machines, printers connected on all
> machines and shared, no backup, etc. If the Buffalo solution works, it would
> give them shared network files, backup, and a shared printer, with no
> workstation left powered on, and all for less than $350, which seems like a
> great deal.
> Only two of 5 users work in AutoCAD at all, current files are only in the
> 40G range, and bandwidth doesn't seem to be an issue.
> Any thoughts, anyone?
>
> best,
> Gordon
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