Need advise about using NAS drive for TM and other storage

I have 2 macs. One is running Snow Leopard and has a FW 400 drive connected directly to it for TM backups. I have another older mac (G5 PPC) running Tiger and I plan to update to Leopard so I can also do TM backups for it.
So, I'm thinking of getting the following NAS enclosure, adding a 2TB drive to it, so I can do TM backups on the old mac (and maybe switch the other mac to use it too).
The questions I have are:
1. is it fast enough to do it over the network, compared to the direct FW 400 connection?
2. Can I partition the new NAS 2TB in half and move the TM backup folder over there and then tell my new mac that it needs to do the TM backup there?
That's all I have for now. Hope someone can help.
Thank You!

That does not appear to be compatible with Time Machine.
See the pink box in #2 of [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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