Network attached storage and backup for dummies
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DebateG
DebateG writes "I am a graduate student in a small research laboratory that recently has been generating large amounts of data. We have been requested to start storing our data in lab instead of a common drive for the entire department, as the department will no longer support the amount of data we have. As such, we are in the marker for network attached storage (NAS). We want to use this drive as a data store where everyone keeps all their data. We also want this drive to be routinely backed up, perhaps to a USB HDD.
Here are the requirements:
1) The setup and maintenance must be performed by people with above average intelligence but not much computing know-how.
2) Because of #1, it should be commercially available. A homebrew setup is unlikely to fly in this environment.
3) The system must support several terabytes of data
4) The system must be backed up routinely. Ideally, we should easily know whether or not the backups really happened.
5) The cost should be less than $1000.
For a small, tech-novice environment that needs both storage and backup, what is a good solution?"
Here are the requirements:
1) The setup and maintenance must be performed by people with above average intelligence but not much computing know-how.
2) Because of #1, it should be commercially available. A homebrew setup is unlikely to fly in this environment.
3) The system must support several terabytes of data
4) The system must be backed up routinely. Ideally, we should easily know whether or not the backups really happened.
5) The cost should be less than $1000.
For a small, tech-novice environment that needs both storage and backup, what is a good solution?"
