NAS needed for my messy backup!

Mp4 · 16 Feb 2015 at 22:04

Well its taken me 6 months to finally save for a NAS drive. At the moment looking to spend £400 or lower. But with the option to upgrade HDD's

I have been looking at Synology.

My main goal is to get rid of a few EXT drives. as I have far too many!

I use Acronis to backup

I have currently

Main HDD (windows/everything installed) 750GB.

EXT HDD's
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1HDD - All photos+ LR backup 2TB - 1.43TB Used. (2TB Drive)

2HDD Mirror of main HDD 583GB - 1TB Drive.

3HDD - Mirror of HDD1 - 1.43TB used - 4TB Drive.

Mp4 · 17 Feb 2015 at 13:55

Okay well any recommendations for a 4 bay??

No idea about the raid.

And I will look at the micro server

Mp4 · 26 Feb 2015 at 21:54

Hi guys well ive been scouting around and will look as said above and also the

HP G1610T 150W PS ProLiant Gen8 Micro Server - £189 sounds ideal!!

1 x Gen8 MicroServer with
1 x Intel Celeron G1610T processor; 2GB memory
1 x 332i Dual Port NIC network controller
1 x Integrated B120i SATA RAID storage controller
1 x 150W power supply

I will start with 2X WD RED 3TB Drives

and upgrade the ram to 16GB
£525 so just over what i wanted.

Mp4 · 27 Feb 2015 at 22:26

Avalon do you have a link to another MicroServer?

Mp4 · 28 Feb 2015 at 09:05

I have found this for £200

HP Proliant Gen7 N54L Microserver.
AMD Turion 2.2Ghz Dual Core Processor.
16GB Crucial DDR3 1600Mhz RAM upgrade.
7x onboard USB ports (6 external + 1 internal).
1x onboard gigabit NIC.
Onboard VGA output.
Onboard eSATA port.
2x gigabit NICs on a PCI-E card, Intel chipset.
**NO HDDs**

Includes all screws, the allen and front door locking keys plus the power lead.

This appliance was originally purchased on the 24/2/2014 and previously used as a VMWare host running ESXi 5.5 with all the RAM and additional NICs being fully supported and present. I'm selling this appliance after purchasing something more powerful, otherwise it works perfectly.

The RAM kit installed is the following:

Crucial CT2KIT102464BA160B 16GB (2X8GB) DDR3 240 Pin PC3-10600 CL9 Unbuffered UDIMM Memory Module Kit

Mp4 · 28 Feb 2015 at 21:48

What about Drobo's?

in the mean time

Gen8 £175 for the case. (seem good?)

and probably need about 10TB of HDD's!
as that's what my externals add up too

Anyone local in Eastbourne or near to help with setup?

Mp4 · 3 Mar 2015 at 21:46

I wanted to look at a NAS just to have 1 backup block instead of having 4 drives on my floor + save plugs!

ideally I wanted to clone my main C

Main drive) / E: (Photo Drive) so i know that i wont loose "client photos" etc and also a quick way to restore my image(s) to reinstall if anything happens.

Shall try and find the Box you are on about Avalon at £143 and do what Bleed said and get a 6TB WD RED.

At the moment finding Acronis 2015 very poor using incremental backup

I will take a look at stablebit

Mp4 · 4 Mar 2015 at 10:24

ta I've found it

Shall start with the case for now untill I get the cash back.

And look at the hard drives

Mp4 · 5 Mar 2015 at 21:57

So since ive bought my case ive been reading the back blaze report etc.

& im stuck on what HDD to get

& also which way i want to backup my stuff.

Also once im setup is there a way to get the Gen8 running like a drobo or synology? or would anyone recommend an OS?

oh and also?

iLO Essentials license?