Comments on: Don’t use Network Attached Storage for backups – save your $$$ http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/09/using-network-a.html Best practices for your goals Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert Wynkoop http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/09/using-network-a.html/comment-page-1#comment-237 Robert Wynkoop Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/09/using-network-a/#comment-237 I came up with about $17 per year to run the unit. From Buffalo's site: Average 17 W (with no USB devices connected) I used formula from: http://www.anapsid.org/electricitycost.html 17 x 24 hours/day = 408 watts 408 divided by 1000 = .408 Kwh .408 x 0.12 = $0.04896/day $0.04896/day x 365 = $17.8704/year I came up with about $17 per year to run the unit.

From Buffalo’s site: Average 17 W (with no USB devices connected)

I used formula from:

http://www.anapsid.org/electricitycost.html

17 x 24 hours/day = 408 watts
408 divided by 1000 = .408 Kwh
.408 x 0.12 = $0.04896/day
$0.04896/day x 365 = $17.8704/year

]]> By: Dwayne King http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/09/using-network-a.html/comment-page-1#comment-238 Dwayne King Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/09/using-network-a/#comment-238 Hi Mark, Not sure that it'll make a difference given your experience, but I also struggled with the same thing (after getting tired of paying almost $200/yr for my online backups). I ended up with a Lacie 500Gb network drive, but the key determining factor here is that I got the Gigabit model. At around the same time I also switched my home network to gigabit and that made a huge difference. I can now move 5Gb video files fairly efficiently. For me the biggest difference was when I got a gigabit switch for my internal network, which really sped things up. Hi Mark,

Not sure that it’ll make a difference given your experience, but I also struggled with the same thing (after getting tired of paying almost $200/yr for my online backups). I ended up with a Lacie 500Gb network drive, but the key determining factor here is that I got the Gigabit model. At around the same time I also switched my home network to gigabit and that made a huge difference. I can now move 5Gb video files fairly efficiently.

For me the biggest difference was when I got a gigabit switch for my internal network, which really sped things up.

]]> By: Mark Levison http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2007/09/using-network-a.html/comment-page-1#comment-239 Mark Levison Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://agilepainrelief.com/2007/09/using-network-a/#comment-239 Robert - thanks for the reply. I appear to have overestimated a bit. However using a borrowed Kill-a-Meter (http://the-gadgeteer.com/review/kill_a_watt_electric_usage_monitor_review) and measured the decives usage. Its using a bit more than suggested. In my short test it used > 30 watts (not including startup). So my original post inflated my costs - but not intentionally. Thanks for pointing out my error. Robert – thanks for the reply. I appear to have overestimated a bit. However using a borrowed Kill-a-Meter (http://the-gadgeteer.com/review/kill_a_watt_electric_usage_monitor_review) and measured the decives usage. Its using a bit more than suggested. In my short test it used > 30 watts (not including startup). So my original post inflated my costs – but not intentionally.

Thanks for pointing out my error.

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