Blaze Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I'm looking for good value and reliability. Seen a WD 2TB cloud device that looks like it will do what we want. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00FOKN7FG/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1438290784&sr=8-8&pi=SL75&keywords=nas+storage Needs to be a media hub and back up device. All help is greatly appreciated. Edited July 30, 2015 by Blaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted July 30, 2015 I seen this in action and they are nice. This is a Diskless inclosure so drives are separate. http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Network-Attached/dp/B005YW7OLM And some 3T drives. http://www.amazon.com/Red-3TB-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLW4M/ref=pd_sim_147_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0QYHFM7T1SX0V0AJYGHA I have this one.. this is Buffalo Linkstation Diskless inclosure. Drives are separate but you can bundle one with drives in it. I have Two 3T drives. It has a FTP server, DLNA, iTunes server, BitTorrent client.. which is cool. Permissions, user accounts.... groups and more. But I think the Synology is better. http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-LinkStation-Enclosure-Performance-LS421DE/dp/B00CO0DE0W/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1438293193&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=buffalow+linkstation+diskliessThese both sit on your network rather hook direct to your PC making is so everyone can use it. Blaze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted July 30, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Nice. I'm not sure the wife would be convinced at the expense of those plus the hard drives when the WD one is 2TB (which should be enough to back up my PC, 2 phones, 3 tablets and a laptop). It would hook straight into my router so would be available on the network to all and with a login from afar. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 Yep.. understood. What make the NAS nice if one drive dies.. you have a mirror of it. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Cheers man. Still undecided as I really could do with two drives so all bases are covered... I'll keep looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Blaze Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) http://www.dabs.com/products/buffalo-linkstation-220-series-4tb--2-x-2tb--2-bay-nas-9FGZ.html?refs=57470000-52900000&src=3 Verdict on this one? http://www.dabs.com/products/buffalo-linkstation-220-series-6tb--2-x-3tb--2-bay-nas-9FH1.html?refs=57470000-52900000&src=3 Or this one, (2 TB more for little cost seems a no brainer) Edited July 31, 2015 by Blaze hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted July 31, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted July 31, 2015 That 2x3 looks to be the better deal. I really like mine. I have a drive mapped but it is not all ways connected till I access it.Can use the Nova Backup that comes with it or copy data manually. You can have sperate folders with different permissions per user or group so you can prevent someone from deleted you music while allowing access. You have it turn off and on at a certain time of day to save power which it uses very little. Has Gigabit speeds.. have USB ports to add an external if needed. Just a cool device that I wish I had back in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted August 2, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 It's up and running. Going to have to port forward to get web access to work I think though. I have been really struggling to find an all in one total android backup software, but it looks like I'm going to need to use at least two apps to back everything up. Titanium backup for app data and settings and filesync for everything else. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Tim Posted August 2, 2015 Member ID: 20489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 105 Achievement Points: 1217 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 24 Birthday: 01/02/1995 Device: Windows Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) I've got a Synology, it's a bit pricey but you get good value for it. (You have to separately buy hard drives to put in the station) You can download a cloud app for your pc which works a bit like dropbox. It has photo album sharing features, apps for downloading (if your into movies with torrents or NZB), videos, music, cloud station, hosting web pages, a package manager app for installing and downloading additional apps and many more things. It has lots of available apps for Windows, OSX, iOS and Andriod. It also has a desktop-like web page to upload/download/use apps: Edited August 2, 2015 by Tim hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted August 2, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) It's up and running. Going to have to port forward to get web access to work I think though.I have been really struggling to find an all in one total android backup software, but it looks like I'm going to need to use at least two apps to back everything up.Titanium backup for app data and settings and filesync for everything else.Wow that was fast. Got to love Amazon. The Unit also has a built in FTP server. No need to forward a port for outside access.. just use in house. But you can get an FTP client for your phone and backup manually as well. Very handy when I have a picture I just took and I pull up FTP in and drop a file on my NAS.. get to my computer.. then do what I want with it.Well hope you like it. I've got a Synology, it's a bit pricey but you get good value for it. (You have to separately buy hard drives to put in the station)You can download a cloud app for your pc which works a bit like dropbox.It has photo album sharing features, apps for downloading (if your into movies with torrents or NZB), videos, music, cloud station, hosting web pages, a package manager app for installing and downloading additional apps and many more things.It has lots of available apps for Windows, OSX, iOS and Andriod. It also has a desktop-like web page to upload/download/use apps: Yep they are good. Solid interface and fast. I also love my Buffalo. Great features for the price. Edited August 2, 2015 by hxtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted August 3, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah, a friend of mine has a Synology NAS drive and it's pretty sweet, but I just couldn't justify the price difference to myself, nevermind the wife.Awesome app for backing up photos and videos from your android device... Sweet Home!, it automatically backs up new content to the nas drive as soon as you connect to your home network. As for PC, I bit the bullet and purchased acronis True Image (at a reduced price after buying my WD Black HDD for my PC) so the PC backups are all sorted to.Decided to use the standard RAID system so I would have to have both drives fail to lose anything. Means I have 6TB of disk space with only 3TB usuable....but it's worth it for the extra insurance I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
YACCster Posted August 3, 2015 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 309 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3355 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 4091 Achievement Points: 45288 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Device: Macintosh Share Posted August 3, 2015 Use Crashplan for backups, one to a local and one to their cloud. Don't use Drobo. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Blaze Posted August 3, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Just spotted on the box it came with 5 free licenses for novastor backup software.... should have spotted that before I bought True Image. Oh well, True Image has more options and supports porting everything over to a new computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted August 3, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yep.. Novastar backup works quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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