Time Capsule

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Anyone planning on getting one of these? Looking at a few pics and it seems to be a lot more than just a NAS...

Tempted, very tempted... :o


Discuss.
 
I will, so long as I can use the storage how I want...

...not just for Time Machine.
 
you can im pretty sure, it mentions it being used as a normal network drive as well

'Time Capsule also works great as a wireless hard drive whether you have a Mac or PC. It sets up in a snap, giving you a networked hard drive you can use for storing and sharing any kinds of files."
 
I also notice that the seem to want you to use a printer with the USB port, would it be spiffy with another external drive? :)
 
WotDa said:
I also notice that the seem to want you to use a printer with the USB port, would it be spiffy with another external drive? :)
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Does that mean it'll have to be FAT32 (or some kind of software for either Mac or PC to read AND Write?) because that'll be rubbish really... Cool if you've got a house of Macs or PCs only tho.
 
Its a decent enough idea, but i can see a load of problems with formatting surely? Fat32 is of no use with its size restrictions, NTFS is unsupported in Mac (properly anyway) and HFS is unsupported in windows!

Also, £199 for a 500gb NAS/router, thats a lot considering you can get 500gb usb for 70 ish and an N router for 70 ish with NAS capabilities.
 
Yup you can use a USB hard drive, or both if you use a hub

# One Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or cable modem
# Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
# USB port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive
# 802.11n wireless

Doesn't anyone read anything :p
 
Ender said:
Yup you can use a USB hard drive, or both if you use a hub

# One Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or cable modem
# Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
# USB port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive
# 802.11n wireless

Doesn't anyone read anything :p
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Ditto, it does work out quite competitive considering it's got a "Server Grade" HDD, NAS capabilities AND a home Hub supporting 802.11n... out of all the product released, this is the only one that's really well priced for us consumers (if you're looking for a replacement router + NAS)
 
I agree with Dr Jones, it suits me just fine as i need a new NAS/Router and a printer that is constantly on and shared (atm its shared through a imac)
 
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I was just about to buy an IcyBox NAS with a 500gb HD in, but I think I'll compare the specs. That's going to be £170, but I'm guessing it will offer more customisability... I also don't have Leopard to need Time Machine yet :)
 
Chris1712 said:
Its a decent enough idea, but i can see a load of problems with formatting surely? Fat32 is of no use with its size restrictions, NTFS is unsupported in Mac (properly anyway) and HFS is unsupported in windows!

Also, £199 for a 500gb NAS/router, thats a lot considering you can get 500gb usb for 70 ish and an N router for 70 ish with NAS capabilities.
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Doesn't matter, it's a NAS, it's accessed by either SMB or NFS or similar, the formatting of the drive doesn't matter at all...
 
Basically you can format it how you want. NTFS or HFS+. Win and Mac will both read it fine over the network as the network protocol reads the data, it doesnt matter what you formatted it. At least thats how i think it works.
 
The circuit on the device translates between the network commands and the disk I/O. It's like copying a file to a shared folder on a Windows PC from a Mac, or sending a file to an FTP. It leaves your machine as network packets, which are then converted back at the other end. Once that network level is introduced, filesystems don't matter.
 
Does that mean the file can transfer e.g. 6GB DL-DVD .iso from Windows' NTFS into the Time Capsule's HDD (formatted under HFS+) and then the home iMac can read it no problem?

Then what if there's a .doc file on there? Does the Window system have to "download" it, edit and then upload it to the NAS?

Edit: I think I'm beginning to understand now... extra point to getting the Time Capsule me thinks.
 
Dr Jones said:
Does that mean the file can transfer e.g. 6GB DL-DVD .iso from Windows' NTFS into the Time Capsule's HDD (formatted under HFS+) and then the home iMac can read it no problem?

Then what if there's a .doc file on there? Does the Window system have to "download" it, edit and then upload it to the NAS?

Edit: I think I'm beginning to understand now... extra point to getting the Time Capsule me thinks.
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Not sure what you mean by the second bit, but it's just a hard drive, files all appear as files.
 
Anyone want to buy a 500GB Western Digital MyBook Pro & an AirPort Extreme ;)
 
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