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. ... » 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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No MAC code settings afaik but you can create users, groups and passwords and give them each different access rights. As far as having to log in only once per day I'm not sure how often you would have to log in as windows can retain login details for you.
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Hello yes this NAS is network secured with group security. it's easy to configure & stable. They only last 3-5 yrs though so do your backups!
905786
Yes to all, however mine was dead at end of one year. Disks died twice after warranty. Too expensive to replace.
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I don't think it matters. I use mine in my small office (7 computers, 2 printers). One computer acts as a server in my local area network; they all "talk" to one another with no problems.
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My Synology DS1511+ is connected to a Synology DX513. This gives me 10 drive bays. I've separated those into 2 drive sets. One is setup as two LUN's for long term image storage (we are a photography business). The other is setup as a volume that hosts several shares including one for my Time Machine backups. With the redundant drives we don't backup the data that is stored on the NAS. It's too big to copy up to a cloud service. We DO make copies of critical images to an external USB drive that then gets put into a fireproof safe for safe keeping. On a setup like this we rely on there never being more than one drive that fails at any given moment. Sure the odds "can" work against us but in the long run those are looooong odds. One does need to keep in mind that once a drive does fail replacing it immediately is paramount! Having a NAS is all about risk vs cost management. Everyone's happy ratio of these two will be different.
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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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No you cannot. This is not a NAS, you cannot use it as a NAS, it has no ethernet port. Think of it as a box with an external drive connected to your PC except in this box you can have up to 8 drives and configure them in some RAID class.
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I too, would like to know more about this. How can the files be accessed? By typing in the IP address into a browser? By FTPing in? When accessing the shared folder (or files), does a password need to be input? Is there even an option to make someone have to input a password? I'm interested in the file sharing but I'm pretty sure that with the older model (the WRT600N), there was no option to password-protect your shared files and folders, and that anyone with the IP address could access them. Since this newer model has more sophisticated firmware, I'm curious if a password option is in place. Can anyone who uses it give some details about their experience? I too, would like to know more about this. How can the files be accessed? By typing in the IP address into a browser? By FTPing in? When accessing the shared folder (or files), does a password need to be input? Is there even an option to make someone have to input a password? I'm interested in the file sharing but I'm pretty sure that with the older model (the WRT600N), there was no option to password-protect your shared files and folders, and that anyone with the IP address could access them. Since this newer model has more sophisticated firmware, I'm curious if a password option is in... » Read More I too, would like to know more about this. How can the files be accessed? By typing in the IP address into a browser? By FTPing in? When accessing the shared folder (or files), does a password need to be input? Is there even an option to make someone have to input a password? I'm interested in the file sharing but I'm pretty sure that with the older model (the WRT600N), there was no option to password-protect your shared files and folders, and that anyone with the IP address could access them. Since this newer model has more sophisticated firmware, I'm curious if a password option is in place. Can anyone who uses it give some details about their experience? « Show Less
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The two Thunderbolt connections are for daisy chaining with other Thunderbolt devices. You can share the drive on the network but you would not be able to connect two computers to this drive at the same time.
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It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose one of the four drives and all your data is lost.
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It will appear under network in file explorer. You access it from there just like you would any local drive. You can even set up different permissions for different users so each user's files can be password protected.
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Its a little file server. You would be able to share files with all the devices connected to the router. Mximum 32GB SD Cards allowed.
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You should be able to plug it into several different Win7 or Win8 PCs if you connect to them one at a time. But if you mean several computers backing up simultaneously, you WOULD have to be on a network as the others have said.
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No, it is not possible for the 4 users to work at the same time. You definitely would need a multi user version.
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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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One answer said you should get one with good consumer reviews. Forget it. Get one with a good sturdy case and a built-in fan. Multiple RAID drives as well. Too expensive? Right. Forget NAS and get a better solution.
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yes, you can use it for automatic backups--that's what I do. Each backup is 'discrete' so you can backup a file (as part of a regular backup) then delete it; it'll still be there on one of the backups. Will remain until you clear it out deliberately or room is needed for the next backup. With 3TB, that's not going to happen soon...
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I dont believe this enclosure is meant to be use as NAS. It can be configured while connoted to a computer.
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No. FYI---I had problems using two Seagate 3 TB drives that were on the recommended drive list, support got them working but they stopped after 1 day of use. I know that this unit has gotten good reviews and is an inexpensive unit. Not like other NAS, you'll need to install the software that's included on each computer that you want to use the storage with. Buy the way, Iomega support said Western Digital drives worked more consistently with it than Seagates.