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<blockquote data-quote="Cochese" data-source="post: 110723" data-attributes="member: 12249"><p>I declined to put this in the software/hardware section as I'm less concerned with backing up photos right now as I am system disc images.</p><p></p><p>Current systems: <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Work computer - custom build Win 8 Core i5, 1 200GB system drive, 1 1.5TB media drive (700GB used) - this is what I am on all the time, and where Elements and Lightroom are</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Kitchen computer - custom build Win 8 Phenom X3, currently out of commission</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Older laptop - XP, only used for working out of town</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>I want something that I can clone the system discs of all three computers locally, in case of hard drive failures or heavy virus intrusion. The kitchen computer I just put out there just failed with hard drive corruption, I mistakenly used one of my bad 1TB drives, and I want protection against this sort of thing in the future. The other thing I want to do is have onsite backup for photos and music. A third task, a less important one, is to be able to serve music and movies to a DLNA client or the kitchen computer.</p><p></p><p>I have an older computer that I could set up a NAS with (tried to before, FreeNAS didn't work), however it is 32-bit so something like WHS 2011 would require a hardware upgrade. I'd like something that does automated backups, and connects to the network via the router. I want the main copy on the main computer, with a backup and a redundant backup locally, plus offsite backup for pictures. Music is largely taken care of via Google Music, so I'm not as concerned if I lose that. I've started throwing some photos up on Box.net, at least the ones I have pre-DSLR.</p><p></p><p>Cost is a factor, as I don't currently have the funds to throw $200 at an enclosure plus the drives. I want to stay away from external drives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cochese, post: 110723, member: 12249"] I declined to put this in the software/hardware section as I'm less concerned with backing up photos right now as I am system disc images. Current systems:[LIST=1] [*]Work computer - custom build Win 8 Core i5, 1 200GB system drive, 1 1.5TB media drive (700GB used) - this is what I am on all the time, and where Elements and Lightroom are [*]Kitchen computer - custom build Win 8 Phenom X3, currently out of commission [*]Older laptop - XP, only used for working out of town [/LIST] I want something that I can clone the system discs of all three computers locally, in case of hard drive failures or heavy virus intrusion. The kitchen computer I just put out there just failed with hard drive corruption, I mistakenly used one of my bad 1TB drives, and I want protection against this sort of thing in the future. The other thing I want to do is have onsite backup for photos and music. A third task, a less important one, is to be able to serve music and movies to a DLNA client or the kitchen computer. I have an older computer that I could set up a NAS with (tried to before, FreeNAS didn't work), however it is 32-bit so something like WHS 2011 would require a hardware upgrade. I'd like something that does automated backups, and connects to the network via the router. I want the main copy on the main computer, with a backup and a redundant backup locally, plus offsite backup for pictures. Music is largely taken care of via Google Music, so I'm not as concerned if I lose that. I've started throwing some photos up on Box.net, at least the ones I have pre-DSLR. Cost is a factor, as I don't currently have the funds to throw $200 at an enclosure plus the drives. I want to stay away from external drives. [/QUOTE]
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