Consider Time Capsule, it's easier.

Or a MyBook studio edition, it has firewire 800, so it's faster than the rubbish that is USB2.

Similar backup programs are available for most other OSes, so I wouldn't let that be a deciding factor.

Edit: Oops - should have been attached to your next post, not this one!

Edited by deleted (Wed 25-Aug-10 08:18:32)

You can't create a bootable volume on a NAS drive no matter what software you are using. You need a directly-attached drive for that (although it might be possible to boot from an iSCSI drive - I haven't actually tried that with OS X).

Thanks everyone for the advice.

Drive ordered earlier today.

Just chipping in to say Time Machine is Amazing. Used it several times, for a complete reinstall from back-up to the odd file. Other OS's may offer their own back-up options but Time Machine is bloomin' brill.

I got my mini drive in today - TimeMachine used successfully with it straight out the box.

Firewire 800 used.

Happier now.

Thanks all!

In reply to a post by Guest_Again:

I got my mini drive in today - TimeMachine used successfully with it straight out the box.

Firewire 800 used.

Happier now.

Thanks all!

Hi Guesty,
What drive did you go for, after all that? Linkage would be nice.

Hi, it is a G-Tech G-DRIVE mini (Gen4).

It'll do for now. I'm just pleased at backing-up the MBP.