Recent content by summerdream

Just want to make sure I understand this correctly: do you mean if I have a file from the first TM backup and the file doesn't undergo any change over time, when disk gets full and TM starts to wipe out 1st backup, would the file still be there?

I was setting up my very first NAS Synology DS212j last few days. The only complain I have is that is takes quite a while (~11hrs for 2TB drive) to create volume and the fact that I needed to backup all drives for NAS use (may find running out of space if don't have enough spare drive). Luckily...

Time Machine has the ability to delete oldest backup to accomodate new backup when the disk is full. I ended up with a different approach: instead of using a shared folder/volume quota, I create a user for time machine backup and give the user quota. I will see how if this work when the...

The reason I created a dedicated volume for time machine is that shared folder doesn't support quota. I want to limit time machine to a certain size, it seems I won't be able to do so without the help of separate volume.

Just got my DS212j today and put in 2TB+1TB drive I had. Here is how I want the setup to be 2TB: Volume1 [Basic RAID type](my primary storage) 1TB: Volume2 250GB [Basic RAID type](for Macbook Pro's Time Machine backup) Volume3 750GB [Basic RAID type] (will use Synology's built-in Time...

How do you backup to a large external drive? Do you use Synology's "local backup" or other software? Also why is multi-volume integral backup is advantageous over simple RAID1? If one of the disks died in the multi-volume setup, would you have all your data intact?