Recent content by sroberts

Thanks Chris. So the answer is No - WE AD "cold storage" drives do not provide any unique advantage in a true cold storage/offline application. The marketing is unfortunate - maybe they should be touted as "green" drives instead.

The WD AE drives are targeted toward "cold" storage applications, but it seems they are meant to be kept online, in what I'd call a "luke warm", energy efficient state. But do the AE drives offer an advantage in a true offline storage application, where the drive is removed and kept in a vault...

I'm using Open Media Vault on debian and I'm very happy with it. I also tried FreeNAS and thought it was great. I don't think you can go wrong with either, and if you're starting with a fresh system install you don't have a lot to lose by giving each a try. I boot my circa 2004 server from a...