In setting up the TS_469L, any suggestions for newbies? And to have an off campus backup, can you back up this unit to the cloud? Thanks.
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Suggestions would depend on your goals - there are tons of different features. Yes you can back up to the cloud. I back up to Amazon S3 but there are other options. Here is the manual http://bit.ly/1vbJe1G
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It may be time to replace your back-up, look into CyberPower. They offer many different sizes to fit your needs. I put these at each computer and TV's/DVR also, as they protect from brown-out or complete outage.
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You can program the unit with the supplied software or through the Gui via web browser.. I currently have 2 servers backing up to this unit. You can have it setup to backup 2 computers on there own hard drive. Or do what I did and let them backup on the same hard drive but using there own folders. then you can create a internal backup to the unit where it will archive all backups onto the other hard drive. Otherwise setup the raid in the Gui and the hard drives will always back each other up. there's so many different options you can do with this unit. Its well worth it.
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Thank you for such a quick reply! I currently have a Cyberpower 450va and the computer, monitor, and WiFi router are plugged into the battery backup section. It works fine. I recently had FIOS installed, and got the Optical Network Terminal (ONT) without the battery backup. I was thinking of buying the larger CyberPower 850 to be sure it could handle everything (for a couple of minutes until our generator starts), especially since I have no clue how many watts the ONT uses. Thanks again for your response.
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I once had a G-Tech drive blow up...complete with smoke! They took the drive back and sent me a refurbished one.If you haven't called them, you should. I sent back the 4T I bought; I couldn't get it to turn on.
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I have a DS409 that is about 5 years old now. I built a FreeNAS box 2 years ago and have had a lot of issues (12x3TB drives with 2 as hot spares and 10 in raid z2)... The FreeNAS version I used didn't pick up the hot spares as two of my drives failed and the SAS/SATA card I used has been buggy... not that Synology boxes never fail... I'm thinking of getting one of the 12-drive ones to replace my freenas box. I upped my DS409 to 4x4TB drives to backup my freenas until I resolve the issues. Having done both, Synology is a better option imho.
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Sorry, I am no help ... I have never tried to use the cloud backup. I reformatted the drives for OS X and use one as a Time Machine backup and the other as just a media storage device.
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Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it.... » Read More Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! « Show Less
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None yet. I ended up getting a DS1513+ just b/c of that and use there CloudStation Sync. It works just like google drive, drop box, and Sky Drive. I believe this syncs faster out side of the network.
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Ok, thanks for all these infos, but I know nothing much about computers except to use them, so I bought a msi u120 because I need to use it for personal office work and web browsing as well as msn chat. I'd also like to install a genealogy program on it. Can anyone tell me if its power will be enough for that. Don't laugh, but I'm pretty lost and I didn't even receive the beast yet. probably sometimes next week. so any advice before I start it and its capacities will be welcome. Don't laugh again, it's the first time in years that I buy myself a computer and my first laptop too.
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Me too! I'm not going to seriously consider purchasing anything computer related unless I see the manual that goes with it. Is it (i.e., Canvio) truly plug and play? Can you selectively choose individual files to back up? I'm not at all interested in wasting time and space backing up files that I really don't wish to back up. (I only wish to back up photographs.) Filtering through all the comments, while helpful writ large, takes a lot of time when looking for particular information. A manual please.
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Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!!
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Well, I am just a customer and I don't offer any warranty to you (sorry). The problem is that the company's "warranty" does NOT work well either. I had a problem with my B800FS within a few months of my purchase. I called the tech support and I realized that the company has layers of tech support (called tier I, II, III etc.). By the time my problem went to the higher tier of support, no one knows my problem any more and I have to make multiple phone calls..... Is my problem solved after all? NOOOOOO! This backup unit does NOT have its own backup system - IF you cannot access the data via network (for whatever reason), you are stuck! If you have NOT purchased the system yet, think AGAIN, before you spend your bucks
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The data is not stored unless you buy a data recorder and even then I don't remember there being anything in the directions saying you could hook up to one. You could call the tech support as they are very helpful. We had a lot of static when we first setup and they helped us dial it right in perfect.
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I will have to wait until Monday to talk to my network guy (who will definitely know the answer). I do remember having versioning issues with it that required us to find a non official image in order to work with our aps. I will ask Tim (CCNE) on Monday if that's not too late?
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Roberto, I am new to looking for GMS/GPS/GPRS equipment and I was glad I found your question and the answer. Could you please tell me amount the "remotes" is about? I think I know this one but I want to be sure. Second you talked about SMS. What is SMS and do you know the cost of the assembly of this unit? Thanks for your help. Jason Barron
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This is a very good NAS if you know how to set it up. I use Cobian backup software to backup my files. Its free and very easy to use.