I've never owned a external hard drive before and am uncertain if what I have planned will work.
I have a MBP connected to a home network with a Airport Extreme base station. I want to get a HDD for Time Machine backups that I can USB attach to my Airport station for wireless backups. My questions:
1. do I need to worry about a HDD continuously running if its attached to my Airport base? Or will it only run when backing up?
2. Can I partition the HDD into 2 drives. One for Time Machine backups and one for Vault backups of my Aperture 2 library?
3. Can I get a 2.5 inch drive to save space and power it off of the Airport base? That will give me a drive with mobility if needed.
4. I am considering building my own, but how are OWC drives? Any experience with them?
Thanks for any advice.
I have a MBP connected to a home network with a Airport Extreme base station. I want to get a HDD for Time Machine backups that I can USB attach to my Airport station for wireless backups. My questions:
1. do I need to worry about a HDD continuously running if its attached to my Airport base? Or will it only run when backing up?
2. Can I partition the HDD into 2 drives. One for Time Machine backups and one for Vault backups of my Aperture 2 library?
3. Can I get a 2.5 inch drive to save space and power it off of the Airport base? That will give me a drive with mobility if needed.
4. I am considering building my own, but how are OWC drives? Any experience with them?
Thanks for any advice.