a 3rd architecture? seriously?

Thanks for the link FBMachines. My only worry is the amount of drain on the single outlet. Not being an electrician, I don't want to risk daisy-chaining too much kit off the one outlet. The APC unit currently connects to my main desktop as i've said. The PC has an 850w PSU inside (although I know it's probably nowhere near it's rated capacity in terms of draw), other connected hardware includes the monitor, Cordless phone, router, ReadyNAS, and power bricks for my gaming device (Joystick / Wheel / etc.) and powered speakers. I live in the UK, so we run on 240v as a pose to 110v you guys across the pond use. The risk of a fire due to socket overloading is a bit of a concern. But Like i said, not knowing a great deal about electrics I may well be worrying for no reason.

Anyway, not wanting to hijack the thread off-topic, if this is my only worry, I doubt it will stop me from figuring out a suitable solution, and therefore won't be a barrier to me getting one of these units.

:)

Y'all use the full strength stuff over there. I know because my electric razor blew up when I tried to charge it. Live and learn.

Understandable. I like to keep my fires in the BBQ pit. I know there are some formulas you can use like watts/volts=amps but it seems very complicated. Most houses in the US have 15 to 20 amp circuits and I think they recommend using about 80%. Not sure how 240v changes things though.

The fuses here in the Netherlands are 16amp and we are on 240v like in the UK (not sure, but the fuses are probably the same). So that would, technically, give us about 3800watts we can use but I try to stay well below that. Assuming a worst case scenario, your pc uses <850w, monitor <50w (depending on the monitor), NAS <40w, router <10w, other <100w. So together that's about 1000w. So you can put an electrical heater (~2000w) next to your pc and the socket should still not overload, assuming it's connected properly.

To compare: a standard laundry machine is 2000w-3000w and should be able to be connected to any wall socket in your house.

gibxxi - if you are going to use Frontview for the NAS to NAS backup, the first backup is done with NFS and then the backup job is switched to rsync which keeps the two units synchronized according to the schedule you set. Unfortunately, the v2 versions of the NV+ and Duo DO NOT support rsync or NFS. So a third party backup solution must be used. (Unless some of the supports come up with Add-ons that will support NFS and rsync.