Soldato
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I know budget shouldn't really be in the criteria for data storage, but coming from having a handful of USB drives now I'd like something a bit more permanent and to experiment on before I go for a massive Server+ Raid array in the future...
So! Some something around 1Tb in size, easy to use with XP-Win7 machines, don't need DLNA streaming, would like built in torrents, the quieter the better too.
Currently I've seen these models, the Verbatim 1TB Gigabit NAS LAN Server from OcUK for £115 or a Buffalo for £90 or a Western Digital MyBook for around the same.
What I don't get is how the backups are done exactly? On each machine I'm backing up do I choose folders it auto updates all the time or does it just copy the whole machine (even with multiple hardrives/partitions?) I guess you can't restore an image from the NAS so by that thinking it doesn't copy across program files or windows folder etc?
It comes with software that has to run permanently on each machine?
And if I want to browse the files on it too, reading reviews they all say web interfaces can be slow to use, so can I browse it just through windows? Even the backups its made from other machines?
Also can log into it via ftp and browse all the files from all machines?
A lot of questions, somewhat of a NAS newb here and can't google any recent lab tests/roundups at all? Happy to read some if links can be posted here!
Cheers!
So! Some something around 1Tb in size, easy to use with XP-Win7 machines, don't need DLNA streaming, would like built in torrents, the quieter the better too.
Currently I've seen these models, the Verbatim 1TB Gigabit NAS LAN Server from OcUK for £115 or a Buffalo for £90 or a Western Digital MyBook for around the same.
What I don't get is how the backups are done exactly? On each machine I'm backing up do I choose folders it auto updates all the time or does it just copy the whole machine (even with multiple hardrives/partitions?) I guess you can't restore an image from the NAS so by that thinking it doesn't copy across program files or windows folder etc?
It comes with software that has to run permanently on each machine?
And if I want to browse the files on it too, reading reviews they all say web interfaces can be slow to use, so can I browse it just through windows? Even the backups its made from other machines?
Also can log into it via ftp and browse all the files from all machines?
A lot of questions, somewhat of a NAS newb here and can't google any recent lab tests/roundups at all? Happy to read some if links can be posted here!
Cheers!
