Apple Updates Time Capsule

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Apple Updates Time Capsule
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Posted by: Glenn

Apple quietly updated their Time Capsule lineup this morning. The Time Capsule combines a simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi base station and server-grade hard disk for automatic wireless back-up with Time Machine. It also features Gigabit Ethernet and a USB port for connecting printers and hard drives to the base station. The Time Capsule is available now in two configurations, a 2TB model for $299 and a 3TB model for $499.



http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/1644.html

[g5g5]

Where are all the new "iCloud" and syncing features?" I think the rumor sites got this one wrong.
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[macmanmacman]

Funny why would i want to pay that much when i can purchase a older time capsule void the warrenty on the unit and upgrade the drive myself that seems rather expensive for 2tb when you can get a 2tb hard drive for 99.99 and upgrade your time machine yourself.

[Bandit Bill]

[ESUNintel]

One thing that worries me about Time Capsule, and also why I no longer have one, is the fact that there's only one hard drive in there. The new 2 and 3TB models seem amazing, but what if the hard drive crashes? ...there goes 2 or 3TB worth of data, and recovery services aren't cheap (many times they can't even recover all the data).

I know Apple markets the device as a backup solution, and as a backup solution I really would not mind of my Time Capsule fails (maybe a bit ), since all the data would still be on the computers being backed-up. Having 3TB of HDD just for back-ups is much for most, and personally I would also like to use the space to store music, movies, photos, important documents, etc... that I don't have room for on computers, or need to access from multiple computers.

I suppose this is why the Mac Mini Server, Windows Home Server, and NAS solutions are being marketed more towards consumers and small businesses (actually Microsoft has done a poor job at marketing "Windows Vail") - because if an HDD fails on one of these server solutions, it's ok, all the data is copied on one of the other drives.

Anyways, that's why I no longer have a Time Capsule. I don't believe there's anyway of backing it up on a second drive - but if I'm wrong it be great to know. I would either favor having two 2.5" 1.5TB hard drives (Seagate makes them) in it, or would not mind if it were a bit bigger and allow for 2 or more 3.5" hard drives (sort of like a real NAS solution).