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Thread ID: 125866	2012-07-24 05:32:00	Apple Time Capsule & RAID	Geek4414 (12000)	Press F1

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1290496	2012-07-24 05:32:00	I have been reading about Time Capsule and that some earlier version were unreliable www.tuaw.com Some people suggested that it could be power fluctuation causing the demise of the TimeCapsules, may be attaching a UPS/Power-filter would help. Also read in a few places about TimeMachine causing weird problems on people's Macs and the problems go away if the TM service is stopped. Would anyone recommend using a Time Capsule as a NAS and add an external drive to its USB port as RAID to backup the content of the Time Capsule? Or would it be better to go with something like a NetGear ReadyNas with two bays with built-in mirroring? I assume one can use Disk Utility to create a RAID mirror with the ext USB drive just as one can do with an internal drive in a MacPro? Alternatively, am thinking of using an old PowerMac MacPro as the file server and have a second internal drive as a RAID mirror. Question is ... what is the best way to have a rotatinng off site backup? Preferrably incremental, so not having to clone the "data" drive completely all the time.	Geek4414 (12000)
1290497	2012-07-24 06:23:00	Yes you can RAID usb devices on mac, why time capsule? Unless you need the wifi they just appear to be stupidly expensive external hard drives. Surely buying any 2 externals and getting a RAID setup would be better value or a NAS with 2 drives.	icow (15313)
1290498	2012-07-24 06:38:00	Have to agree with icow, the airport extreme are a decent wireless router, but the time capsule is not a nas. Lacks a lot of features. The one that disappoints me is lack of iTunes server	plod (107)
1290499	2012-07-24 07:23:00	Interesting, I thought most Apple fans would like to stick with Apple gear . This being an all Apple shop, that's why I thought of using a Time Capsule . They currently has a DLink WiFi router (supplied by their wireless ISP), so I guess the Time Capsule will give their WiFi speed a boost . But in saying that, they don't use WiFi much anyway . The MacPros, iMacs and MacBook Pros are all on hard wired LAN, only occasional WiFi use for the iPhone + iPad and one MacBook Pro and they only use that to get on the internet, not transferring stuff around the LAN, so it would make virtually no difference whether it is WiFi-n or WiFi-g . Anyway, what about a WD MyBook Live? It's much cheaper than a ReadyNAS Duo or ReadyNAS Pro but the later two are probably more reliable?	Geek4414 (12000)
1290500	2012-07-24 07:34:00	I use a airport extreme at home with external drive for back up, we also use one at work, mostly so staff that bring wifi devices in can use the Internet. All work related gear is hard wired. As for back ups we use rotating external drives for each computer. And just use time machine for the backup. Has pulled us out of the **** a couple of times? Edit. Yes apple fan here, but doesn't mean everything apple does is fit or my purpose.	plod (107)
1290501	2012-07-24 07:41:00	@plod. So a smart apple fan then :D	Nick G (16709)
1290502	2012-07-24 08:17:00	the WD MyBook Live appears to pretty much be an external HDD connected to a network where as the ReadyNAS boxes appear to be more customizable and future proof. They have features like hot swappable drives etc. Worth noting that they don't come with any HDD's installed when purchased so you will have to buy your own (which can be quite pricey atm).	icow (15313)
1290503	2012-07-24 08:23:00	@plod. So a smart apple fan then :DI would think so, nothing wrong with the product, just didn't do what I wanted	plod (107)
1290504	2012-07-24 09:14:00	@plod. So a smart apple fan then :D didnt know they existed :D :lol:	GameJunkie (72)
1290505	2012-07-24 12:39:00	the WD MyBook Live appears to pretty much be an external HDD connected to a network where as the ReadyNAS boxes appear to be more customizable and future proof . They have features like hot swappable drives etc . Worth noting that they don't come with any HDD's installed when purchased so you will have to buy your own (which can be quite pricey atm) . Well, yes, the ReadyNAS Pro is horrendously expensive in comparison to the WD MyBook Live . Plus I have had some bad experience with them, but it was to do with ReadyNAS Replicate, not direct LAN access . Got a pair of them last year and they refused to talk over the internet until I updated the firmware on both, it is bizzare given the (very expensive) Replicate licence was "bundled" with the pair but it wouldn't work out of the box . Spent many late nights hours trying lots of stuff with their help desk before we got to the bottom of it . My thought is, how easy would it be to get "a few" WD MyBook Live and Mirror them and rotate them off-site for safe keeping, that would provide lots of redundancy then . What is your experience with TimeMachine, is it reliable? Appears to be a few horror stories out there on the interweb .	Geek4414 (12000)
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