Couple of questions on ideal nas setup

[Pedz]

Apologies if these questions have been covered, tried searching.

I have a buffalo Tera pro ii (2tb) and am trying to decide the best way to configure my nas setup (had a second one for backup but it no longer works so I am re-evaluating my setup). Don't use raid and primary use is as shared drive on giga network. Want fastest throughput and two level backup (backup at home to another drive and offsite backup).

I really like services like mozy and idrive for offsite storage. But none offer unlimited backup for network drives. So I am considering getting a USB 2.0 2tb drive (instead of another nas again), hooking it up to my computer and use software to backup the nas to it. Then I would use mozy or other service and have the backup drive backed up to the service. This seems ideal to me as I would get home backup and offsite backup without my other computers relying on my computer to access the primary drive (nas). Does anyone do this or have any thoughts on if this would be a good approach?

Thanks for your help,
Peter

 

[thiggins]

That's a reasonable approach. Some NASes also have built-in "cloud" backup directly from the NAS. QNAP and Windows Home server use Amazon S3. NETGEAR uses its ReadyNAS Vault, which uses Elephant Drive.

 

[Pedz]

Thanks for the reply. Only problem with Amazon and the other 'clouds' you mentioned is that none of them are unlimited. Very keen on an unlimited option so I don't have to monitor how much space I am using on a regular basis. And I already have the Buffalo so would prefer to not have to buy another one (just the backup USB drive).

Thanks again, if anyone else has any views would love to hear them.
Peter

 

[thiggins]

Even if you find "unlimited" online backup, upload time (and retrieval time in the case of drive failure) would be impractical.

Focus on using cloud backup for essential files.

 

[Pedz]

Fair point, the initial backup takes forever, but once done the incrementals are not that big of a deal. I would use the USB drive at home as my primary backup, but would still prefer to backup everything offsite if it is an option.