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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Ext4 it is! Thank you!
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Would you guys recommend formatting with Ext4 or NTFS? Does it really matter?
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=165 This is the unit I plan on purchasing. I am presuming that the backup software is intelligent enough. If not.. It's got 2 USB 3.0 ports... So if the swapping of drives in one port is not the case I assume that I can plug one drive into the...
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Ah darn, does anyone know the answer to this one?
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Good to know thank you! As long as I can alternate USB drives and it does incremental from there we are golden!
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    So, I think i've decided on the following: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=165 This unit seems to be the optimal choice for my clients needs. It offers a LOT that they will not take advantage of. However, the AJAX based software (one of his major complaints with his...
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    So far I am leaning towards two of the QNAP, Cisco or Synology units.. One onsite and one at the bosses house... FreeNAS in a custom box is still a possibility. However, i'm finding it tough to find information on it. Does it do incremental backups to an external drive via eSATA or USB 3.0 or...
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Thanks for the info. As far as geographic location I am literally right across the street, so them calling me would be the best case scenario. As for cloud storage, this particular client is 100% against the idea. They do contracting for the Department of Defense and want a local onsite...
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Thanks for the info. Do you have any other recommendations based off of what I previously listed? Perhaps something that would work better in this scenario (especially if something went down)? Should I just build a custom PC with shared drives on a Windows 7 Machine? FreeNAS? Sorry but like I...
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    Best NAS Solution for Client?

    Hello everyone, I am new to the NAS arena and have a client who has a few parameters that I am trying to meet. 1) Needs to play nicely with both PC and MAC 2) Needs to have hot swap and/or eSATA (both would be a huge plus) 3) Needs to handle 1-2 TB's of data 4) Needs to support Raid...
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