The day has finally come for me to create another network-attached-storage (NAS) for my data. My previous NAS, a DNS-323 unit, has carried me with 2 x 2 TB mirrored volumes for months, but this time around, I had several goals in mind. Read more  

The DNS-323 is an incredibly affordable and customizable NAS which I’ve thrown into my mixed LAN consisting of OSX, Linux, and Windows boxes. In my particular set up, I have two 2 TB Western Digital EARS Caviar Green drives. Instead of configuring them in RAID-1 mode, for the added stability, I’ve decided to use them as individual drives with an RSync cron job copying the contents of one drive to the other at 4 AM each day. Read more  

In light of our Independence Day, I too wished to declare a sort of independence. Not from the iron fist rule of a world super power, or for any particular rights; however, my declaration was far more nerdy. I hereby declare myself free from the slower speed, range, and bandwidth of my very old Linksys router. Ladies and gentlemen, enter the Apple Airport Extreme.

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