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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1017   
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Anyone in the know can recommend a good reliable external hard drive, 2TB+ storage, so many mixed reports of failures. Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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10th Oct 2015 4:27pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5110  
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I always buy either Western Digital or Seagate drives both Brand Leaders in fact they are made by the same manufacturer perhaps a little more expensive than the other brands but you get what you pay for and that’s quality and reliability. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..
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10th Oct 2015 4:40pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512 
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Synology NAS with 2 mirroring WD drives.
 Cheers, Vincent
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10th Oct 2015 5:51pm |
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| treps Member Since: 07 Jul 2015 Location: SE Posts: 244 |
+1 for WD MyBook
reliable and easy to set up |
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10th Oct 2015 5:52pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3750
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Hello
Simple NAS storage with WD drives. Network attached storage, means all our files, music, films can be shared by anyone on our home network. Great for backing up photos etc and the added safety as Raid (copies on 2 drives) The NAS drive you can get for around £50 and then choose 2 drives up to I think with mine 6TB Once full you can always take them out and add two new ones. Depending what you want to back up or how long the drive will be on / how quite you want them you can go WD red, green, black your best looking on the WD site for your use. |
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10th Oct 2015 6:15pm |
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| Tim_NZ Member Since: 05 May 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 177 
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+1 For the Synology and WD (red) drives. All my windows devices automatically back up to it, (using windows file history), and the NAS can be set up to be accessed anywhere in the world via the web.
If you have a lot of time on your hands, some old computer components laying around, and don't mind loosing a fair amount of hair, have a look at freeNAS. Cheers, Tim |
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11th Oct 2015 12:17am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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5 bay synology NAS mirrored to back up NAS
Don't forget to cost a UPS - NAS don't like sudden power loss It's your data .. Only you know it's value |
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11th Oct 2015 6:55am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897  
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LaCie drives have always served me well. Frequently turn up on good special offers.
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11th Oct 2015 7:17am |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1017
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Thanks all for your help, looks like its going to Synology DS214se DiskStation 4 TB Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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11th Oct 2015 10:17am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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Good choice they have a great o/s and lots of adding, get an APC UPS to go with it ...
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11th Oct 2015 11:34am |
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