05-28-2008, 12:58 AM
My setup is an Airport Extreme with a 750 Seagate FAP plugged into it. The seagate is partitioned half for time machine backup of my MacBook and the other half is network storage - iTunes music and documents I want to access from any machine. Pretty dependable and I like the fact that it sleeps when not being accessed. Total current draw for the AE, HDD, USB hub, and a second Buffalo router that serves wireless to the PCs is 32 watts. With the USB hub, I can also attach any other USB drive that I might want to get to from the network. I don't use it as a printer server.