NAS needed
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@scottalanmiller I asked this question because of those who posted "why not use the cloud or a PC share instead of NAS". Neither usually has RAID and is sort of like a network share..
Since I looked at the specs and saw that it included JBOD or RAID it seemed like a good question to ask, espeically for a small business with only 2 PCs (which don't have RAID). I presumed in this case the professional thing was to provide network storage instead of sharing a PC's hard drive or hanging a USB device off a PC and sharing that.
Keeping it simple with backup using same device but separate hard drives didn't seem to be casual storage to me.
I am a big fan of RAID and have used it consumer devices before I even worked on servers. However when did the rule become all devices that store data or share data must have RAID for all business needs?
Yes I would prefer selling my client a pair of these, one for backup and one for sharing the files. However as I said in my original post we don't have much data yet. I would be it is way below 100 GB. And then there is the reality of businesses budget or lack thereof.
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@technobabble said:
@scottalanmiller I asked this question because of those who posted "why not use the cloud or a PC share instead of NAS". Neither usually has RAID and is sort of like a network share..
Well I'd answer the same thing to the desktop answers... if you are thinking of using a desktop, rethink that storage.
And cloud doesn't usually have RAID? No enterprise cloud doesn't have RAID as well as backups. The cloud option is the most reliable. Worlds beyond running your own NAS.
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@technobabble said:
I am a big fan of RAID and have used it consumer devices before I even worked on servers. However when did the rule become all devices that store data or share data must have RAID for all business needs?
The rule came from before my time. In the mid to early 1990s. Basically with the advent of people using Winchester (what you call hard) drives as primary storage. Once that happened, RAID was the only answer to their fragility. So it's been decades now.
Like I said, there are exceptions, but it should trigger a serious conversation. I would never do this for my own personal data at home, why would I do it in something claiming to be a business?
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@technobabble said:
Yes I would prefer selling my client a pair of these, one for backup and one for sharing the files. However as I said in my original post we don't have much data yet. I would be it is way below 100 GB. And then there is the reality of businesses budget or lack thereof.
Why is anything but cloud on the table really? Cloud will be free (literally, there are several free options at that size) and worlds beyond anything that you can do in house. I don't see what use case, at that scale (in GB and users) that anything but cloud would be on the table. Everything other than cloud puts them at higher dataloss risk while wasting money.
What's the reason for looking at a local solution. I suppose if they are on dialup.
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@scottalanmiller My experience with Onedrive (consumer) and Dropbox have been fine, but my ODfB experience has not.
Dropbox is $15/month. I will see if they want to do a free trial to see if it fits for them. Perhaps Max Focus Online Backup will suffice as their backup.
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@technobabble said:
@scottalanmiller My experience with Onedrive (consumer) and Dropbox have been fine, but my ODfB experience has not.
Dropbox is $15/month. I will see if they want to do a free trial to see if it fits for them. Perhaps Max Focus Online Backup will suffice as their backup.
There are LOTS of options. At that size Dropbox can be free. And there is Google Drive. For now, at least, they don't have to really worry about anything.
AetherStore would be an option for them too. Get them started now and it will grow with them as they add people or machines.
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You are suggesting using consumer version of Dropbox?
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@technobabble said:
You are suggesting using consumer version of Dropbox?
For THIS situation, it'd work and it'd be free. You get 2GB free to start. Create an account and just put the tiny program on both computers. Problem solved.
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Dropbox was an easy solution and customer is happy. Thanks everyone.
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@technobabble said:
Dropbox was an easy solution and customer is happy. Thanks everyone.
That ended up being pretty easy
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Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
