Wireless Hard Drive / Storage Server

**Skanza** · 04-12-2010, 02:59 AM

Hi there people,

I'm looking to set up a wireless hard drive in a small workplace/business of a friend.

He has litterally about 2/3 employees and would like them to be able to access a single external hard drive on the network and share/store files.

He also was hoping of a way to have this hard drive back itself up to a nother wireless hard drive so he can have 2 exact copies of the data on the hard drive, just one of them is a back up.

Whaddya reckon is the best way to come around this?

I was litterally gonna google 'Wireless Hard Drive' find a decent price, and go from there.

Any suggestions?

Cheers!

**ShitFace** · 04-12-2010, 04:37 AM

I wasn't aware wireless hdd existed.
edit: after a quick google the best i came up with was a mediaserver with wireless capabilities.
are you sure wireless hdds exist or are you just taking 2 technologies and mashing them together and hoping such a thing exists lol.

**Skanza** · 04-12-2010, 05:49 PM

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Well i suppose you are right haha, I almost assumed there would be a specific wireless hard drive to connect to.

Any suggestions on what could be done?

I could use this 'media server' and use it purely for the purpose of storing 'work files' and ignore the 'media/streaming features' if there are no other options.

**sycld** · 04-12-2010, 09:48 PM

um... setup a peer-to-peer network with a wifi router where one computer has your data on its hard drive as well as backup external hard drive?

buh?

EDIT: ooooh nevermind. yeah i totes see what the op means.

i have a wireless coffee cup and slice of pie and I'VE NEVER LOOKED BACK.

**ShitFace** · 04-13-2010, 09:09 AM

lol totes
edit: lol the more i repeat that in my head the gayer it sounds

**Harner** · 04-13-2010, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by ShitFace

lol totes
edit: lol the more i repeat that in my head the gayer it sounds

I agree.

**sycld** · 04-13-2010, 09:31 AM

i didn't even know about the word "totes" until a couple years ago in a text message i received. i was totes confused about what it meant.

it was from a guy whom i later did.

yeah it is pretty gay.

**ShitFace** · 04-13-2010, 01:47 PM

if you rearrange the letters of totes you get the name of a forum i used to frequent

**pocketbook** · 04-14-2010, 05:37 PM

I don't know why you want wireless, but you could just set up network access to a certain folder on a computer that basically acts as a server. I would almost recommend getting a NAS and throwing 1 or 2 hard drives into it.

**Skanza** · 04-16-2010, 03:25 AM

Thanks for your replies guys, I like pocket book's idea, but will look into it. Thanks again

**sycld** · 04-19-2010, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by pocketbook

I don't know why you want wireless, but you could just set up network access to a certain folder on a computer that basically acts as a server. I would almost recommend getting a NAS and throwing 1 or 2 hard drives into it.

Originally Posted by Skanza

Thanks for your replies guys, I like pocket book's idea, but will look into it. Thanks again

ffs this is exactly what i said 5 posts before this one