alternative to using onedrive

[233]

small office of 5 staff we currently just use a shared onedrive for anything to be passed around between us or shared resources/ documents

is there any tangible benefit to using an in office solution rather than whacking it in onedrive?
only issue we've found is that onedrive can be a touch flakey sometimes and can take an age to sync occasionally but also has the benefit it can be accessed remotely
certainly not averse to to spending money if we can see a benefit from it but atm i cant see any reason to change out what we're doing and just putting up with the little niggles

in office nas/server

Pros
Local storage
secure
expandable when we want
faster

Negatives
faffy remote connectivity
we need to back it up which i know we most certainly wont do


anyone care to share some thoughts?

 

[hughtrimble]

I can't speak to NAS pros and cons, but your con to NAS regarding needing to back up is the same for OneDrive. You need to back it up.

 

[233]

I can't speak to NAS pros and cons, but your con to NAS regarding needing to back up is the same for OneDrive. You need to back it up.

now thats a yikes moment,

something we've never actually considered before is backing up onedrive i guess you just always assume its going to be done their end oops
200gb downloading now oops

 

[ChrisD.]

You could get a Synology NAS and store the files there. Then get Synology C2 or Wasabi for backups, all done via the Synology apps.

 

[hughtrimble]

now thats a yikes moment,

something we've never actually considered before is backing up onedrive i guess you just always assume its going to be done their end oops
200gb downloading now oops

Sounds wise!

It was flagged to me by IT that you should treat it as a file synchronisation service rather than a backup service.

It may have become better for backups since that discussion, especially the business version, but I've not looked into it since.

Worth having a thorough look if it'll fall on your shoulders if something were to go awry!

I'm sure some of those truly in the know with this sort of thing can clarify the situation and give proper recommendations.

 

[233]

As the most tech savvy person here it falls on my shoulders
my knowledge of backup systems and networking is somewhere between none and zero.

had a quick look at the wasabi nas stuff. not quite sure i fully understand it mind you.
might just have to buy a nas and have a play about

 

[ChrisD.]

Synology has the Hyper Backup app, you can back up NAS files and folders to various online places. Wasabi, Backblaze, Synology C2 etc. I mentioned Wasabi and C2 specifically as there is no egress cost, ie, downloading your backup files won't cost you any money. Synology C2 is £70 a year for 1 TB I think. Take a look at the NAS Compares Youtube channel, it's a fantastic resource for beginners.

 

[Caged]

I wouldn't be moving a team of 5 away from (presumably) SharePoint and onto a Synology NAS. What do you do when the power goes out at the office? What happens if someone knocks the NAS on the floor? Unless you have a technical requirement for local storage (huge files, latency) then you're already doing the right thing, you just might want to add backup to it, though there are a lot of cloud to cloud options that don't require you to buy and host your own hardware.

If you've assessed your knowledge of this stuff at zero then why voluntarily make it your problem when it goes wrong?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

If it's important data you REALLY need to impliment a backup solution, and pronto.

In regards to some sort of file management - it really depends on how much of a budget you have.

There's a lot of solutions out there for file storage and backup. Write up requirements in a report.
i.e Do you need access externally?, Do you need access 24/7?, Do you need access from inside the office?, Do you need backups? e.t.c, e.t.c.