Every now and then I hear somebody tell a story about their hard drive crashing, and I'm reminded of my own loss back in college.  While I'm probably glad that I lost the lame songs that I wrote back then, there are a lot of things that I would love to still have around.  All of this reminds me that I need to back up my files.  Important business files and personal photos would be a disaster to lose at this point.  I looked a little bit at online backup storage, but current broadband transfer speeds, plus the cost of online storage, makes that a bit impractical at this point.  Then I read this article from MSNBC this morning, and I discovered exactly the type of solution that I would like to have--a networked external hard drive system.  Here's links to three of the solutions that I found via the article.

Mirra Personal Server - http://www.mirra.com/buy/index.html
$399.99 for 160 GB
At first perusal, this one seems to offer the most in the way of software features.

NetGear Storage Central - http://www.netgear.com/products/details/SC101.php
~$110
The upside is that it's expandable.  The downside is that IDE hard drives are sold separately.

LaCie Ethernet Disk mini - http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10594
$229-$599 for 250GB, 300GB, 400GB, or 500GB

While the Mirra solution looks pretty cool, the sheer affordability of the LaCie solution will probably win out for me.  Does anyone have any experience with Mirra or LaCie worth sharing?