does this allow you to set up nightly backups of the computer systems on the network?
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I don't use the backup software which came with it, nor do I use Windows Backup. I use Acronis True Image 2014, and the answer there is yes. You likely can with both the others as well, but I went with Acronis based on features and reputation. The answer is dependent upon the software you use, not the device. The device is just storage. As long as it's visible, you can do whatever you like, whenever you like. I will say that you should keep data volume versus time in mind. A full backup of 1.8TB takes over 24hrs. You're not likely to get through even an incremental backup nightly of anything over 0.75TB. The CPU on this thing is a bit underpowered. The CPU is maxed during transfers, and that appears to be what holds transfer speeds to 50MB/sec, when they should be over twice that when hung directly on gigabit ethernet as mine is (and both the device and the PC show their ports locked at gigabit). Throughput it throttled by the CPU speed limitation on this device. And double the required backup time if you have it verify your backups after making them, as Acronis can do. So if you're trying to do nightly backups of a -whole system-, the frequency with which you can do so will depend on how much data you have to push. If you're just backing up select locations like a lot of people do, that won't be as big an issue unless you work in video production or something similar.
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Yes, it allows to set-up back-up as per your conveniemce - either continuous back up or scheduling a back-up (days of the week and time) if you use WD Smartware, which comes free with WD My Cloud EX2. There are other programs which perform the same function. It is your choice. Apart from third party programs, there is also the native PC programs - Mac's Time Machine and Microsoft Windows back-up but I have not been successful with these programs.WD My Cloud EX2 also allows for backing up data on EX2 to external drives either a USB hdd or even to cloud services
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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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Please be aware that mirroring is NOT a form of backup - the device can be backed up to external drives attached to the RN102's USB or eSATA ports without the data going through the network
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It will work just fine as an extra drive. It can be accessed just as you do any internal drive. What you cannot do with the Dashboard software is to do automatic backups if the drive is connected to your router. It should be able to do automatic backups but only if the drive is connected directly to a USB port on your computer.
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Yes. During initial setup it goes out and downloads patches and upgrades. This can take a while with several reboots.
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I installed the Seagate Dashboard. I then scheduled it to backup all my stuff every night. You can see what is going on by opening it via "Computer" from your Start Menu on a PC, there it is along with your C drive....good luck. It works like a charm for me...
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Agree with response from Randy but add that if you have a good firewall setup you shouldn't need to powerdown the router or the drive. This also helps for timed backups during non-peak hours.
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Yes. You can specify which folders to be backed up, the type and frequency to be used.
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The instructions indicate you cannot. However, you could set up an external network server only to record at certain times. If you use the internal SD storage capability, this would appear not to be possible. Another possibility is to set a timer on the power supply to the camera. This would require that the camera reboot itself when power is restored. The problem with that is that there is no battery in the unit to restore the internal clock and calendar so you could lose the settings in this process.
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It is a plug and play. I just create a folder for each machine I want to back up
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Not under the supported systems. But most likely you will have to change to FAT32 in order to backup.
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Depends on the amount of data that you are backing up. Otherwise you can use it back up from multiple PCs
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Yes you can, all you have to do is to assign a IP address to the time clock and make sure both your computer and time clock are under the same local network.
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I think this persons page will help you, because I wasn't quite sure myself, so I googled it and found his answer to be the most helpful: http://lifehacker.com/5685547/how-to-set-up-time-machine-to-back-up-to-a-networked-windows-or-linux-machine
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You can connect usb external drives to access their data through the network or create a backup image to be copied to the external drive based on the contents of the My Cloud.
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Yes, All administration options are configurable remotely. Some additional setup is required to do so though.
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Look at NAS (Network Attached Storage Devices) for hard drives that attach to a network. This is not for that use case.