NAS - Small business setup help

sbdesign · 23 Nov 2011 at 14:47

Hi Forum Members,

I have put this off for ages and thought today was the day to ask...
In my business I have 4 computers, each with a OS drive and a additional SAVE drive. We are sick of passing files back and forth on memory sticks, and having duplicate files on different machines, at different stages - NIGHTMARE! Getting very hard to see where latest version is. :confused:

CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THE DECISION OF WHAT TO GET?

USE
• Connect 3 - 5 computers to share documents from 1 location
• Some documents are over 1gb (photoshop files)
• Also need wifi (but what would performance be like?)
• I WANT BACKUP
• 2 TB's ex. backup

Like anyone would like it to do the job, be reliable and at the right price.

There seems to be so many options, I have put it off for a whole year!

All help much appreciated.
Kind regards
john

lrlcr · 23 Nov 2011 at 14:50

With files over 1Gb I'd forget WiFi.

I setup up something similar just using an old pc in a corner of the office.

sbdesign · 23 Nov 2011 at 14:51

What cables would be best?

welshdragon · 24 Nov 2011 at 17:05

What's your budget?

PhillyDee · 24 Nov 2011 at 17:15

Don't forget op, redundancy and backup are both completly different! I would go for redundancy in the server, and buy a 2Tb external for weekly offsite backups.

welshdragon · 24 Nov 2011 at 21:02

Depending on how good you are with computers and your budget you could build something and stick it somewhere in the office or you could get a synology/qnap solution. I have the Synology DS210j with two 2tb drives in raid and I can't fault it. You could get a 4 bay one or something, the software is very easy and you can hook up printers for sharing and ext hd's for further backups?