NAS Drive

[rufmeister]

Hoping someone can recommend me a simple to install and use NAS Drive.

Well, it's what I've been told I need anyway, so happy to listen to alternatives if it's not.

I run a business from home, using a PC and Macbook, also as a family have a laptop, 2 iPads and 2 iPhones.

I would like to back up all devices to a central point, and be able to access all the data remotely.

Things like images, files, etc etc, I want to be able to access if I am out and about, or on holiday, and also to ensure they are safe.

Been told I need minimum of 2 bay set up, as they can fail, so best to have a mirror.

Any help please?

[rufmeister]

http://www.dabs.com/products/synology-ds214-play-2...

Something like this?

Although am I being daft...it doesn't actually have a hard drive in it as it says storage 0 with a max of 12TB?

[rufmeister]

This is all getting a wee bit scary now! Is there any difference between the cheaper one and dearer one? Or is it down to storage capacity?

[rufmeister]

nyt said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OZ0CTAU/

Seems a fair price

You'll need to add a couple of hard disks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-3-5-inch-Desktop-Hard-...


You'll probably need something to back up what's on the NAS.
IIRC synology will back up to an external USB drive. Something like: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-desktop-... but you'll have to check that

So its advisable to back up, my back up, of a back up?

Blimey guv!

[rufmeister]

nyt said:

Well, it's up to you obviously, but an offsite backup is always a good idea (left at work or a relatives).
What would happen if your house burnt down or one of the encryption viruses hit you?

Though cloud storage is now so cheap and convenient that that might be a better option

Would a cloud set up back everything up, images from phones, documents from pc, etc etc?

Or back the NAS drive up to the cloud?

[rufmeister]

Ordered the Synology and 2 x 3TB hard drives.

Not looking forward to setting it up, but will give it a bash.

[rufmeister]

DS215j is the model I went for, so should be suffice, probably even that is more than I need.

[rufmeister]

So the fun begins.

Trying to set the Synology up.

On the PC, I have gone to "map network drive" and followed instructions as per Synology website.

When asked what network folder would you like to map, I entered:

\\DiskStation\Share1 as instructed.

Then next window pops up and asks to enter password, did that, and get "The specified network password is not correct"

So I try "Use another account" as the 1st one doesn't allow me to put a username in, it's already filled out.

So I try that and same again.

I have also tried changing DiskStation to the name I named my drive as I was asked to name it during the initial set up, but nothing changed,

Already tearing my hair out.

Any advice please?

ETA:

When I try my user name and password I get the message: "Windows cannot access \\DiskStation\Share1"

Edited by rufmeister on Saturday 18th April 10:59

[rufmeister]

Ok, tried again, but now I can't find the drive on iPad, Mac or PC using find.synology.com even though the drive is on and has Ethernet cable in.

Think I just need to get someone in to set it up as I really have no clue what I am doing.