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After upgrading the backup system for my employer I decided to give my home backup a refresh into the 21st century. This means in with a ultra low power NAS solution to replace my old Pentium 4 tower running Ubuntu server. I'm also wanting this to be dirt easy. Actually easier than dirt as I plan to duplicate my efforts for my parents who live in another state.
So given the above I've mostly settled on Crashplan's free service with the intention of setting up a NAS at my home (for my parents off-site backup) and a NAS at my parents home (for my off-site backup). Yes I could pay for the online service and store it there but I'm also CHEAP and hate monthly fees.
I'm well aware that a headless install of Crashplan can go on a Synology NAS. Currently that's where I'm leaning however recent reviews I've read of some of the Zyxel models makes me wonder....
Can you install a headless Crashplan client on a Zyxel NAS? Specifically a NSA310? I have seen mention of a full debian install on a Zyxel which I believe could make this work. I have not been able to confirm this as of yet.
Remember I said I'm cheap which makes the Zyxel look really nice at about $60 cheaper than the Synology DS112J.
Any info you can provide would be most appreciated. In case anyone is wondering, I really don't plan on using the NAS for anything other than backup storage so a lot of what Synology offers in their software will not be used.
Thanks!
-Kirk
So given the above I've mostly settled on Crashplan's free service with the intention of setting up a NAS at my home (for my parents off-site backup) and a NAS at my parents home (for my off-site backup). Yes I could pay for the online service and store it there but I'm also CHEAP and hate monthly fees.
I'm well aware that a headless install of Crashplan can go on a Synology NAS. Currently that's where I'm leaning however recent reviews I've read of some of the Zyxel models makes me wonder....
Can you install a headless Crashplan client on a Zyxel NAS? Specifically a NSA310? I have seen mention of a full debian install on a Zyxel which I believe could make this work. I have not been able to confirm this as of yet.
Remember I said I'm cheap which makes the Zyxel look really nice at about $60 cheaper than the Synology DS112J.
Any info you can provide would be most appreciated. In case anyone is wondering, I really don't plan on using the NAS for anything other than backup storage so a lot of what Synology offers in their software will not be used.
Thanks!
-Kirk
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