What complexity? It's a self contained box the size of a cigar box, with a power cord and Ethernet Jack. Plug it in, map the drive, and start moving files.
Need a new NAS & backup
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The units I am considering are multi-core processor with floating point coprocessors. Check Synology small business. If looking at some of the cheaper Iomega and WD solutions, then you're right.
I rec'd a reply from WD. There is no circuit in the MyBook that is special. All the case does is enclose and protect the the drive inside.
So, the difference is that a NAS (AFAIK on the ones I have looked at) has a circuit inside the enclosure that determines how and where the data you are storing gets distributed. If you have a mirrored RAID and the NAS circuit fails, you should be able to remove one good drive and put that into a new NAS or hookup to a mobo w/a sata cable. If you have a striped RAID array, you are screwed.
A MyBook is simply an enclosure to store a HD. If you wanted to, you could remove the enclosure and put the HD into any computer mobo with a sata cable.
A RAID is designed for active files that are being accessed constantly and not a good choice for a BU IMHO.
Of course, you can believe anything you want, until your data is corrupt, then it's too late.
BTW, in all of this BS, if you don't have a first class protection system for virus, malware, etc. PLUS are absolutely diligent that no one who uses the computer ever opens emails from unknown sources or ever replies to phishing - your entire system is far more subject to being brought down than any failed NAS.
I had a virus 20 yrs. ago that caused me thousands of $$ in agony and I learned my lesson but even then, I caught an employee (now former) loading music software onto a work computer. OUCH!
So, the difference is that a NAS (AFAIK on the ones I have looked at) has a circuit inside the enclosure that determines how and where the data you are storing gets distributed. If you have a mirrored RAID and the NAS circuit fails, you should be able to remove one good drive and put that into a new NAS or hookup to a mobo w/a sata cable. If you have a striped RAID array, you are screwed.
A MyBook is simply an enclosure to store a HD. If you wanted to, you could remove the enclosure and put the HD into any computer mobo with a sata cable.
A RAID is designed for active files that are being accessed constantly and not a good choice for a BU IMHO.
Of course, you can believe anything you want, until your data is corrupt, then it's too late.
BTW, in all of this BS, if you don't have a first class protection system for virus, malware, etc. PLUS are absolutely diligent that no one who uses the computer ever opens emails from unknown sources or ever replies to phishing - your entire system is far more subject to being brought down than any failed NAS.
I had a virus 20 yrs. ago that caused me thousands of $$ in agony and I learned my lesson but even then, I caught an employee (now former) loading music software onto a work computer. OUCH!
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Or for anyone who doesn't back up their networked storage as often as they'd like.
Honestly, I've been using RAID 1 on my primary home storage for at least 15 years... never thought it was a big deal. Can't understand the aversion to something that has so many advantages, with no real disadvantage other than a few hundred dollars in up front cost.
I'm checking out but feel like I am back in all of those disaster recovery meetings that paid a hell of a lot better than h.c. But if you want to do Raid, buy three drives and go Raid 5 with hot swap drive capability. If ya don't want to just back the chit up daily, weekly or whatever. With two drives and rock solid recovery capability.
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Deal is already done, anyway. [emoji12]. I bought a Synology DS214play, two WD Red 2TB drives, and two WD Element 2TB USB 3.0 drives for monthly backups. Pretty simple!
Once you have it installed I'd be interested to see what kind of throughput you get over a gige network.
I have been playing around with SyncBack free at home. I use my NAS for media mostly. Our phones automatically backup the pictures to a folder on the NAS when they charge. we can't lose pictures of the kids so I have been manually copying the pictures to an external drive. I started using this program to schedule when it backs up. So far it has been reliable.
Thanks, I'll check it out. How do you have the phones set to automatically sync photos to the NAS?
App called Sweet home. You set up a folder for it to backup to. I use the NAS. I have separate folders for mine and my wifes. Whenever you plug in the charger, it will back up. as long as you are on the wifi. It is an OK app. They are very slow to update. But it is free so what do you expect.
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I use Dropbox to store all pics and video taken on my S5 and wife's S4. When on home WiFi automatically uploads to Dropbox. They also get saved as part of my weekly and incremental backups from my Dropbox folder on my home PC's. Wife lives being able to send or grab any pics when needed without the hassle of transferring files. Delete them off phone as needed. We usually leave them on phone for 6 months before deleting if space is needed.
Late to the party, welcome to the synology crew. I love my DS412+, been trucking along for 2 years now, I just keep adding 4tb drives to it to expand my storage.
I'm loving the speed of the direct USB 3.0 backups. Very fast. Nice user interface, too.
I have not found time to play around with the video codecs and photo hosting stuff, and maybe never will, but it makes one hell of a network drive.
I have not found time to play around with the video codecs and photo hosting stuff, and maybe never will, but it makes one hell of a network drive.
I like the Surveillance Station app, comes with 2 free licenses. Trying to get it to work with my Ubnt ip cameras.
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