Wireless Network Attached Storage

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DeonH

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Hi all and thank you for your help.

A couple of weeks ago we had a close encounter when we were burgled. Fortunately they only broke the burglar bars but did not enter; while we were sleeping. Fortunately the alarm scared them.
This made me realise that should my computer when backup drive next to it were stolen, I would have lost a lot of irreplaceable data and almost 21 500 photos.
I did some research and found "Network Attached Storage" to be the solution, BUT, this box must not be close to the computer.
I don't have a lot of money to spend on something like this and was looking at something like this:
http://www.comx-computers.co.za/EH-...-4Tb-Gigabit-NAS-USB2-0-expan-Buy-p-55690.php

I need it to be RAID 1 which, if I am correct, makes a drive hot-swappable should there be a problem with one of the drives. It looks like wireless is a better solution than wired since the cable leaves a trace which can be followed.

I will need all the advise from people who have experience in NAS and their recommendations.

Thank you so long.
Deon
 
So, you could run a cable into the roof, and the to your NAS wherever it is, and they would be unlikely to trace it. Don't put the NAS in the roof cavity, though, unless is is well ventilated!

Most recommendations for a cheap NAS end up with an HP Microserver, which can be found from about R1599 ex VAT at Esquire on a good day, and then the cost of the disks you add. With 4 removable disk bays, you have plenty of space for expansion, but the downside is that you need to do a bit of setup yourself.
 
maybe upload them to the cloud.
Or do what I do; I have another harddrive at work which I rsync to periodically as a sort of offline backup for important stuff.
 
I use a 50Gig Box.com or my 25gig Skydrive for photo and document backups

Should you want to do the onsite option a Microserver with 2-4 drives with a WLan card would serve your requirements
 
What if you have a fire or a flood etc.? If your data/photos/whatever are that important to you then an off-site backup is essential, Skydrive Dropbox etc. work well.
 
+1 for offsite - Dropbox and Skydrive work well for me; all my photos/docs are backed up there together with a portable HDD
 
howardb said:
+1 for offsite - Dropbox and Skydrive work well for me; all my photos/docs are backed up there together with a portable HDD
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My photos alone are 245Gb. I am a freelance photographer and need to keep all photos I take for customers. Offsite is OK for smaller stuff. I use DropBox ang G-Drive as well.
 
DeonH said:
My photos alone are 245Gb. I am a freelance photographer and need to keep all photos I take for customers. Offsite is OK for smaller stuff. I use DropBox ang G-Drive as well.
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I'd still place your photos offsite somewhere, even if it is an external drive at a friend or family member's house, friend had a water pipe burst, soaked his PC and his "backup server"
 
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