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| Thread ID: 129076 | 2013-02-01 07:03:00 | NAS Storage for Remote Backup | almightynugget (13536) | Press F1 |
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| 1325966 | 2013-02-05 03:38:00 | Have you turned on and enabled the FTP server? I've used FreeNAS, it's bloody awesome!! Real easy to get going too :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1325967 | 2013-02-05 04:15:00 | Yes I have, It was enabled by default. I disabled it, reset the NAS then enabled it, reset it again just to be sure. It doesn't seem to work. Seeing your reaction to FreeNAS, I'm tempted, I was reading a bit on it and It says that I need two hard drives? One for the OS and one for Storage. Is it viable to use a USB for the OS (permanently connected to the PC) or is it too risky in terms of corruption? |
almightynugget (13536) | ||
| 1325968 | 2013-02-05 04:39:00 | If you can get it to boot from it, then sure. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1325969 | 2013-02-05 09:44:00 | I had the same dilemma as you, about 15 months or so, ago. I pondered building a small PC too, which I did. Then used this tutorial; woodel.com I've posted about it before, because it really did work. But not without effort. Maybe as an alternative? |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1325970 | 2013-02-05 10:51:00 | I bought a cheapish home NAS (netgear stora) for similar uses and it's ended up sitting on a shelf because I was dissapointed with it in several ways. It seems they design the cheaper ones at least primarily for use as home media servers and don't put much effort into much else, also they just don't have the performance for fast transfers of large amounts of data. I suppose it's one of those you get what you pay for situations, decent NAS enclosures are not cheap. The netgear at least does allow remote access from anywhere through a website, but it's not quick by any means when accessed over the net. I wanted to use mine for network backups of my PCs and was frustrated to find out it couldn't do it without me getting more software. Windows 7 home premium will not back-up to a network drive(you need pro for that), the netgear software will back up files and folders on a schedule but won't do system images and is incredibly slow (and kept failing without completing during testing). Windows file sharing was about twice as fast as using the netgear software but still painfully slow. My best compromise was to have windows do a regular system image to a partition and then have a scheduled backup of that partition using synctoy and windows file sharing, but I was not convinced the result would actually be useful if the hard drive failed. If I ever resurrect the damn thing it'll just be as a music server as it seems netgear make it virtually impossible to sell it once you've registered the thing. My new router has a pair of USB ports on it and I suspect would work better than my NAS if I connected an external hard drive to it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1325971 | 2013-02-05 19:03:00 | I turned my old P4 into a file server running Amahi which is free, runs headless and was fairly easy to set up for a Linux noob like me. I use Active@ as my backup of choice since I run Win7 home. and also use syncback free to back up my data as is. It all just works and with the new Amahi HDA connect tool that was released the end of last year I even have remote access if I need it | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1325972 | 2013-02-05 19:05:00 | Kev, who did the tutorial, I quoted above, when I mentioned NAS's to him, commented "lame, considering what you pay for them". I know, my Synology NAS device has sat in a cupboard since I built my small server - runs Debian, got samba working etc. - brilliant! | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1325973 | 2013-02-07 00:21:00 | Cool guys, Since I decided to build my own little server, and have gone into the shed and attic scavenging for old parts. Bought 2 new drives, and in the process of putting it all together right now. Ill keep you guys posted on how i'm coming along and also if I run into any snags. :) | almightynugget (13536) | ||
| 1325974 | 2013-02-07 02:33:00 | I was tempted to try windows home server as it's relatively cheap and should theoretically do the Job, curious to know if anyone has used it and what they think of it. Can't compete with the free linux based options in price obviously. For my network requirements though an old PC running XP with whole drives shared with read/write access enabled works a whole lot better and simpler than most of the alternatives. I have a dual core pentium D machine doing nothing I'm trying to think of a use for - it's too big and gutless for media centre usage (tower case and CPU hit's 100% on youtube 1080P) but maybe it'd make a good server. It is a little limited in drive mounting with only 2 factory hard drive mounts, but there's room in the case for a couple more with a bit of modding. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1325975 | 2013-02-07 04:30:00 | I've tried both older and newer Windows Home Server. The setup was relatively hassle-free, but still not as easy as FreeNAS, and I couldn't see a single benefit in using it vs FreeNAS. On the other hand, there are a bunch of nifty things FreeNAS can do that WHS can't! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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