10 PC Office Data Storage Recommendations
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@BRRABill said:
- How do you access files on this remotely? It looks like it has a VPN add-on?
Sure. But realistically, why are you hosting your own files if you want remote access? Why host your own files at all? @coliver is right that in nearly every case, you should not be running your own file storage at all.
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@BRRABill said:
- Why are there so many media-type add-ons for this thing? Do people typically do that in a business setting?
No, selling these things for people who don't get business needs or are using them at home or treat IT like a game are common. These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
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@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
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Yeah, just because you can does not imply that you should.
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Actually that applies to desktop imaging too
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@BRRABill I can post some screen shots of the OS in here if you'd like - just let me know what you're curious about.
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I feel like a synology sales rep lol
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You are!
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@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
Are those really necessary in this instance? It seems like having on site storage would be a terrible idea for this company.
My recommendation would be to look at Office 365 and see if that feature set works for you. One Drive for Business would be amazing for your users.
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@coliver said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
Are those really necessary in this instance? It seems like having on site storage would be a terrible idea for this company.
My recommendation would be to look at Office 365 and see if that feature set works for you. One Drive for Business would be amazing for your users.
I agree. Unless there is a very special case need the whole idea of local storage at all seems wrong. Sure there might be no WAN or something odd, but then the VPN for remote access would not apply. Office 365, Google Drive, DropBox and other tools are almost always the right ones here.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
Are those really necessary in this instance? It seems like having on site storage would be a terrible idea for this company.
My recommendation would be to look at Office 365 and see if that feature set works for you. One Drive for Business would be amazing for your users.
I agree. Unless there is a very special case need the whole idea of local storage at all seems wrong. Sure there might be no WAN or something odd, but then the VPN for remote access would not apply. Office 365, Google Drive, DropBox and other tools are almost always the right ones here.
Dropbox for Business was basically designed for this scenario. It will even to LAN syncing so you just have to seed it once and all the computers will talk to each other over the LAN.
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@scottalanmiller said:
One is current, one is old.
From looking I thought they were in different lines. Plus versus value.
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
One is current, one is old.
From looking I thought they were in different lines. Plus versus value.
I do not believe so. Could be wrong.
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I'm in the middle of a crisis now at work, but I will post on Office 365 info soon.
This could be a record of 1 thread leading to another thread leading to another thread leading to...
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You might be surprised how often that actually happens.
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So I am recommending the Synology 214 to my friend/client.
What would you recommend for backups of this? Buy a second and mirror it?
I know some of you use this, so what do you do?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BRRABill said:
- Does anyone use encryption on this? I could see this being a nice fit for smaller shops (accountant, law firm, doctor) who need encryption. I know there is a performance drain, but I'm imagining on a Word file it's not a big issue. A huge video file might be another animal.
No. That's pretty worthless in a small, non-technical environment. How and where would they use this encryption that it would be both useful and protect anything? What do you want to encrypt against?
If it is doable, why WOULDN'T you want encryption?
Say it is a a legal office, accounting office, doctor, whatever. There's a good chance there is data on there you wouldn't want accessed if it got stolen.
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@BRRABill said:
So I am recommending the Synology 214 to my friend/client.
What would you recommend for backups of this? Buy a second and mirror it?
I know some of you use this, so what do you do?
There are so many "it depends." First thing is... is it storage or backups going to the device?
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@scottalanmiller said:
There are so many "it depends." First thing is... is it storage or backups going to the device?
Storage. I convinced them to stop saving to their desktops, and buy the Synology and store everything to that.
