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OT USB 8T Drive to Ethernet
What product can I use to directly connect through this device from my 8T USB drive to my LAN ? So I can see and copy and paste from my PCs to the 8T Drive over my LAN ? I do not what to hook the 8T USB drive to a PC on the LAN and use SHARE! Thank you. |
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OT USB 8T Drive to Ethernet
zernot wrote:
What product can I use to directly connect through this device from my 8T USB drive to my LAN ? So I can see and copy and paste from my PCs to the 8T Drive over my LAN ? I do not what to hook the 8T USB drive to a PC on the LAN and use SHARE! You could use a device which serves as a NAS (network attached storage) server. Some people use such as an RPi4 for that, but there are other alternatives. Here's generic info re NAS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage -- Mike Easter |
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OT USB 8T Drive to Ethernet
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mike Easter writes: zernot wrote: What product can I use to directly connect through this device from my 8T USB drive to my LAN ? So I can see and copy and paste from my PCs to the 8T Drive over my LAN ? I do not what to hook the 8T USB drive to a PC on the LAN and use SHARE! You could use a device which serves as a NAS (network attached storage) server. Some people use such as an RPi4 for that, but there are other alternatives. Here's generic info re NAS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage Some "routers" (UK imprecise term for the single box that contains ADSL MoDem [connects to 'phone line], router/hub [has ethernet sockets], and Wifi functionality) have a USB socket on them, to which a USB drive (memory stick or in some cases USB HDD), if connected, becomes NAS. Does your such box have such a socket? It's true the function is there, but the router version might run at 10MB/sec, versus a NAS running at 100MB/sec. Neither is really fast compared to SSDs or NVMe or the like. You want to find a review for both the router and the NAS solutions, and get a benchmark for transfer speed. That way there are no surprises when you take delivery. Smallnetbuilder website has a table of values for NAS. Some routers have also included print spoolers. I'm not even sure what that is any more :-) And the RPi4 is one of the first cheap computers, with something approaching a real USB3 port. There was a competitor who was first to market with USB3, but their port only did around 40MB/sec or so. In other words, a disaster. There is a new version of firmware for the USB3 chip on RPi4, that reduces the degree it heats up when used. Paul |
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