Where to put my Airdisk/Drobo/Server/Whatever

I am looking for advice in optimizing what I want to do with my external storage to get the most out of... uh, well, out of life. Or something.
In the basement I have a Mac Mini connected to my TV that acts as my Tivo. It uses EyeTV with an external drive connected via Firewire (400). Works great.
Two floors up I have an iMac that acts as my central computer. It is connected, via ethernet cable, to an Airport Extreme base station. The base station is connected to my DSL modem via ethernet cable and to another external drive via USB 2.0. Works pretty well...
So that all laptops and the Mac Mini can access the media, my iTunes library is on the upstairs external drive (the one connected to the Airport). Generally no issue there, but lately I've noticed that movies and shows played from that drive might get jumpy when being watched on TV. I guess that may be because the media goes from the drive through the Airport, through two floors, then into the Mac Mini.
Or maybe it's because the drive was getting ready to fail (it just did).
So now I'm going to get a Drobo so that I never go through replacing a failed drive (and trying to recover it!) again. This is drive #3 for me in 5 years. (No more non-redundancy!) But the question is where to put it.
Should I move the Airport and modem to the basement and connect the Drobo to the Airport? Should I just put it upstairs and chalk the slowness up to a failing drive? Should I connect the Drobo directly to the Mac Mini and share the drive (and will that lead to a new can of worms with the Airport)? And what cable connections should I use? I just learned that the USB bus pretty much handles everything through one place no matter how many ports you have, so I'm guessing I want to limit that...? But I only have 1 Firewire connection on the Mini...
What do you guys think? And if you think there's a better forum to post this message in, let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Rick

Hey CPC Guy,
If at all possible, I'd find a way to set up your modem, router and its connected USB external drives somewhere centrally on the center floor. Then just connect wirelessly to it with the iMac.
One cheap storage solution that I've used to this point is to buy a 7-port USB hub, connect it to the Airport, and then add multiple external USB drives. You can also run a central USB printer from there as well as a ethernet connected network printer if you wanted. I've run something like this for a couple of years. All on a one level home but centralized in it nonetheless. Works great. Wireless speeds are great.
Some of these drives can serve as backup drives for the others, including your computers. I've used SuperDuper to backup over the network. A great source for dual drive enclosures is OWC (www.MacSales.com).
Another solution that I'd recommend over the drobo is an HP Media Smart Windows Home Server. Similar to the drobo, but I think it is a much better, more flexible, cost effective solution. In fact, I'm installing one as I write this. Bought it for $500 with free shipping from Newegg.com. It comes with a 750GB SATA and has three more upgradeable bays. I got the EX485. There is a EX487 and a new smaller one that would work as well. You might compare this with what the drobo has to offer.
There are supposed to have been some conflict with installing via a connected Airport Extreme, but I have not had that problem. The one caveat is that you have to initialize with a windows PC first. I run XP and Vista via VM Fusion so that isn't a problem. Then you can use it fine with a mac.
Also, a friend who does data recovery for a living and is a die hard mac guy swears by Seagate (1) Samsung (2) and Hitachi (3). The highest rate of failures he has seen for many years is WD. I buy these three and I have been fortunate to not have one fail yet. Knock on wood. YMMV.
If you're looking to expand specifically around the mini in the basement, you might try the USB hub approach mentioned above. However, I think if you can centralize all your media on the middle level then streaming distances are much shorter and backups are much easier and faster over cabled connections. I just enclose it all in a small footprint media cabinet.
Ed

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