I want to put a NAS device on our network for 3 persons to share. It is used for common office files and data base files that are accessed by these three people. Each has their own computer. Does the system allow for protection of the data so it can only be accessed by these three machines (e.g. by using MAC address or by use of a login once a day). There are other persons in the building on the same network that should not have access to the data. I want to put a NAS device on our network for 3 persons to share. It is used for common office files and data base files that are accessed by these three people. Each has their own computer. Does... » Read More I want to put a NAS device on our network for 3 persons to share. It is used for common office files and data base files that are accessed by these three people. Each has their own computer. Does the system allow for protection of the data so it can only be accessed by these three machines (e.g. by using MAC address or by use of a login once a day). There are other persons in the building on the same network that should not have access to the data. « Show Less
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You can set up a shared folder for each user and assign an individual password each, or you can set up the same shared folder for all three user with a common or individual password. The user will have to enter the password when he connects to the file server. Other user will not be able to access the shared folder(s) without password, but you can also define a public folder with files accessible to anyone.
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yes, you can setup a security policy that will allow or deny any users read and/or write access to files on the NAS. As part of the initial NAS setup, you choose home or business setup, and from there you can set the security policy to allow only those users that you want to access specific files/folders by creating specific usernames and passwords. Under the business setup, you may be able to allow/deny specific MAC addresses, but I can't verify that, as I've only used username/pw to allow/deny access to data on the NAS.
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Yes, its possible to assign different users with different access permissions
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Yes it is a Network drive that plugs into your router, NOT your computer It can be accessed from any computer on the network and files, music, photos etc can be sharedEasy to set up and use I have a 2TB duo & 3TB duo set up with a mirror driveFiles stored on one auto back up to the second drive
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Yes it can. I have my Duo connected to my router. I store all documents/pictures/etc. on the NAS drive. My two desk tops and my lap top are all set up to store documents on the NAS (you just have to set the file path destination). So, no matter what machine I am on, I can grab the file I want, work on it, and save it back onto the NAS. My wifi is connected to the router, so my lap top interfaces seamlessly.
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While this may work, it is not recommended or supported. We take data protection very seriously and USB hubs can add reliability issues. What you can do is employ multiple Sync devices as our software will "virtualize" the many physical devices and give you a single folder view of your files whether you have one or hundreds of Transporters.
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You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software... » Read More You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. « Show Less
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It's best to get this NAS it's own set of drives. The point of this NAS is to RAID the drives to protect against failures, swapping drives won't work as you'll just be constantly rebuilding the array. I suppose you could just have 1 drive and move it back and forth between two of these NAS units, but what would be the point there?
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It is network attached as in NAS (Network Attached Storage). However, I highly discourage buying this brand. It is riddled with problems and lacks the features of a quality NAS. Get a Synology. They are great. And they have a 2-bay model that sells for about the same price as this model but much, much better features and reliability.Look at Synology models DS214se or DS213j.
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It depends. I would say if you assign the NAS a static IP, which I recommend no matter the configuration, then the NAS wouldn't be effected. If you are planning to power down the NAS and the Router you would be causing power cycles on the NAS it was not designed for, and I would think it would effect the life of the NAS. I would recommend getting the later models of these devices at this point. I have installed 4 of these devices, and I have had to replace one locations device twice. Western Digitals Support has been somewhere between poor and abysmal, and so I would even possibly suggest looking at Seagate, or Dlink for better support of the devices. It depends. I would say if you assign the NAS a static IP, which I recommend no matter the configuration, then the NAS wouldn't be effected. If you are planning to power down the NAS and the Router you would be causing power cycles on the NAS it was not designed for, and I would think it would effect the life of the NAS. I would recommend getting the later models of these devices at this point. I have installed 4 of these devices, and I have had to replace one locations device twice. Western Digitals Support has been somewhere between poor and abysmal, and so I would even possibly suggest... » Read More It depends. I would say if you assign the NAS a static IP, which I recommend no matter the configuration, then the NAS wouldn't be effected. If you are planning to power down the NAS and the Router you would be causing power cycles on the NAS it was not designed for, and I would think it would effect the life of the NAS. I would recommend getting the later models of these devices at this point. I have installed 4 of these devices, and I have had to replace one locations device twice. Western Digitals Support has been somewhere between poor and abysmal, and so I would even possibly suggest looking at Seagate, or Dlink for better support of the devices. « Show Less
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We use ours on our networks. I actually have two locations and two units. One is a slave to the master and they connect over the internet. I assume if you use the USB cable it would give you the same access. BTW, it interfaces well with Quick Books.
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Hello DavidYes, in my domestic network scenario I use a Mac and my wife use a Windows laptop and network drive map works without problems. The NAS is connected on my Apple Time Capsule 1TB old version and the GUI interface of this NAS is easy to use and the access is via http. About the FTP, I can't comment because I've never used.
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IF you do not have a user account that has access to a share on that drive then you will get an error mapping the drive.I thought there was a util;ity built in that would map a drive for you. i hve upgraded to a netgear nas
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It is not really a NAS in my estimation since it is really for working on large files across a network. Additionally, the RAID element of it is not really terribly "safe". I returned mine and got a Drobo instead for the hot-swappable no data loss aspect to it. I run a busy multimedia studio that, in addition to other services, offers photography and video for our corporate clients. I use the Drobo for this purpose and it works great with 5 people accessing the Drobo 5N.
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This hard-drive can be used in either application. Keep in mind that NAS optimized drives are typically more sensitive to movement of the system etc which could damage the drive. So I'd advise using the drive in a standard PC only if it typically stays in one place
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Works with Synology NAS if they are on the same network and appropriate permissions are set.
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Yes, depending on your setup. It is a hardware raid, so that means that you can set it up so that whichever device you plug it into will just see it as a large hard drive. It really depends on the router. What this device can't do is act as it's own NAS--you essentially just need to think of this device as a large USB hard drive, and then find a solution that works with it.
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Depends! Gives you the hardware fault tolerance so long as you replace the failed disk in time - with two similar disks in the same environment, if one goes the other may not be too far behind. But it also depends on location - you need off-site backup, so if your NAS is on the same desk or in the same building as your computer, you would want to take a copy to store elsewhere at whatever interval you feel comfortable with for this (hopefully) lower risk.
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You don´t need install any software on your PC/Mac. The NAS has the most popular protocols: SMB and CIFS (Windows PC), FTP, NFS (Linux) and AFP (Apple computer). It also has media server protocol (multimedia streaming in smart devices like cellphones, smart TV, game console, etc), and time machine feature (Apple network backup) but I couldn´t make that works :-(. The device came with some application (mostly backup utilities and NAS networks discovery), but the instalation is optional.