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<blockquote data-quote="johnodd4" data-source="post: 1613654" data-attributes="member: 331386"><p>Stay away from Lacie let me explain Lacie doesn't have a good track record with drive enclosures they produced several that burned out drive failure mass lists of issues.</p><p></p><p>i honestly can recommend a better option i take it you want the file server to access files via the server through a external storage device there is a nicer option i own one myself it's cheap and affordable </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003X26VV4/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003X26VV4/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>it's 99.99 it goes to 7 tb of storage this is the cheaper option for file sharing.</p><p></p><p>Here is the professional option </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ITI0514/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ITI0514/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>i have setup this one as well like it for it's price but a bit pricy </p><p></p><p>Now because you are doing a server you can also do this with the mac mini </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GSQDNS6/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com: HighPoint Thunderbolt 2 Storage and PCIe Expansion Station NA211TB-LD: Computers & Accessories</a></p><p></p><p>and add pci cards and expand it to as well</p><p></p><p>i recommend 16 gig's of ram max the hard drive size if you can </p><p></p><p>Now if you only want to do file sharing only and streaming video and music only and the server doesn't need safari for net access (a,k,a accessing youtube Facebook) you can also purchase a older mini with a older version of server and run the machine that way.</p><p></p><p>I have 2 Macintoshes i went online and purchased mac os x tiger server unlimited license and i use it on not one server but 2 and i use a NAS with it and because i only use it for file sharing in my house i really don't need anything to go online to youtube or Facebook so safari use is none</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnodd4, post: 1613654, member: 331386"] Stay away from Lacie let me explain Lacie doesn't have a good track record with drive enclosures they produced several that burned out drive failure mass lists of issues. i honestly can recommend a better option i take it you want the file server to access files via the server through a external storage device there is a nicer option i own one myself it's cheap and affordable [URL]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003X26VV4/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] it's 99.99 it goes to 7 tb of storage this is the cheaper option for file sharing. Here is the professional option [URL]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ITI0514/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] i have setup this one as well like it for it's price but a bit pricy Now because you are doing a server you can also do this with the mac mini [URL='http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GSQDNS6/?tag=macforums0e4-20']Amazon.com: HighPoint Thunderbolt 2 Storage and PCIe Expansion Station NA211TB-LD: Computers & Accessories[/url] and add pci cards and expand it to as well i recommend 16 gig's of ram max the hard drive size if you can Now if you only want to do file sharing only and streaming video and music only and the server doesn't need safari for net access (a,k,a accessing youtube Facebook) you can also purchase a older mini with a older version of server and run the machine that way. I have 2 Macintoshes i went online and purchased mac os x tiger server unlimited license and i use it on not one server but 2 and i use a NAS with it and because i only use it for file sharing in my house i really don't need anything to go online to youtube or Facebook so safari use is none [/QUOTE]
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