Hello everyone, I'd like an easy and cheap as possible (but so cheap that there's a chance to loose data) way to backup family photos (that's the most important thing since every thing else can be replaced).
So which one should I go for? Links are just examples of what I'm looking at..
1)RAID ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816119024
2)NAS ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165451 I can get something like this called a personal cloud or something from Toshiba for around $89 for 1TB from my local retail store.
3)HDD Enclosure .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392032 I don't really like this idea since I'm limited by the type of HDD I can put in it. IF this is the recommended route I would go with 4.
4) HDD to USB adapter .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156051 .. which to me seems the cheapest way .. just have to be sure to remember to back things up.. Oh and then there's
5)Build my own RAID/NAS with crap pc's i have laying around (ex. P3 machine with <512MB of ram)
OR order new parts and start from scratch.. added a bit of that to a newegg cart came out to be almost $300 and not sure if it would even work.
So any suggestions/tips would be appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
So which one should I go for? Links are just examples of what I'm looking at..
1)RAID ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816119024
2)NAS ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165451 I can get something like this called a personal cloud or something from Toshiba for around $89 for 1TB from my local retail store.
3)HDD Enclosure .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392032 I don't really like this idea since I'm limited by the type of HDD I can put in it. IF this is the recommended route I would go with 4.
4) HDD to USB adapter .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156051 .. which to me seems the cheapest way .. just have to be sure to remember to back things up.. Oh and then there's
5)Build my own RAID/NAS with crap pc's i have laying around (ex. P3 machine with <512MB of ram)
OR order new parts and start from scratch.. added a bit of that to a newegg cart came out to be almost $300 and not sure if it would even work.
So any suggestions/tips would be appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.