Originally Posted by Rhody:
I'm not a network guy, but I only see pogoplug as a solution if you already have an external USB hard drive doing nothing in your house. If you're going to buy a pogoplug and an external USB hard drive, then you might as well buy a Linksys or Maxtor media server.
These things look like they are tailored for pictures and music. They appear to try to grab files from nodes on your local network. Looks like overkill for backup.
This whole area is new enough that it may take us a while to sort things out.
I like the idea of having a simpler backup device like the Pogo. External drives are cheap. A device not tied to somebody's proprietary software appeals to me.