OK this is all BRAND new to me. My "home office" is expanding. My wife and I both use laptops for our company, and our old deskptop has been downgraded for kids usage. My laptop is nearly full, and my wife's laptop seems to contain the map to the lost treasure of the Sierra Madre given the rumpus she causes over 'security'.
Anyway, I need 2 things:
1) to back up all 3 devices to one central device quickly and easily (with as few cables as possible - wirelessly then I guess) - the 2 laptops operate from an office, the kids operate from a room that used to be a playroom but looks more like a landfill site.
2) the ability to set my Windows Outlook to tell everyone not to disturb me during the Rugby World Cup - ie activate Out Of Office which I believe needs some sort of server software to manage it.
I have VERY briefly looked at NAS's which look ideal, but I get very confused about the difference between NAS & traditional servers and what I need to do the e-mail bit.
This looks cool but pricey:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=608188&source=hx1
What is RAID???
I thought it was some sort of spray or a cheap porn mag?
cheers
Anyway, I need 2 things:
1) to back up all 3 devices to one central device quickly and easily (with as few cables as possible - wirelessly then I guess) - the 2 laptops operate from an office, the kids operate from a room that used to be a playroom but looks more like a landfill site.
2) the ability to set my Windows Outlook to tell everyone not to disturb me during the Rugby World Cup - ie activate Out Of Office which I believe needs some sort of server software to manage it.
I have VERY briefly looked at NAS's which look ideal, but I get very confused about the difference between NAS & traditional servers and what I need to do the e-mail bit.
This looks cool but pricey:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=608188&source=hx1
What is RAID???
I thought it was some sort of spray or a cheap porn mag?
cheers