I've been putting off implementing a solid backup system for far too long. I'm only concerned with my Photos, Documents, and Videos (both Lightroom Catalogs and my Project/Scratch Premiere files as well as final exports). Being able to access these files remotely would be nice as well as on various devices within my home, but aside from that, my requirements end. I don't foresee the need for a major multi-drive array. I build my own PCs, but that's about as far as I go, so while a DIY NAS running FreeNAS or WHS is appealing, I'm sort of drawn to the prebuilt offerings.
I'm thinking two drives will suffice, but my problem is this:
We're in a tri-level home, and when we moved in, there was one master phone line coming into the basement, but all lines had been cut as they were routed through the home. We have DSL and no cable service where we live. As such, my router and modem (all in one) is located in the basement near the master phone line. I'm using WiFi for all devices in the house.
My problem is that the NAS is going to be SLOW over wifi, and being a tri-level home that we're going to be moving out of in a few years, it doesn't make me feel inclined to physically run network cables around the house. It's hard to explain without photos, but I'm not planning to fish network cables around.
Would I be better served by a hot swap external enclosure attached to my workstation with scheduled nightly backups, and then physically connect this to my other devices when I want to back them up?
I'm shooting in the dark here, and not sure what my best options would be. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm thinking two drives will suffice, but my problem is this:
We're in a tri-level home, and when we moved in, there was one master phone line coming into the basement, but all lines had been cut as they were routed through the home. We have DSL and no cable service where we live. As such, my router and modem (all in one) is located in the basement near the master phone line. I'm using WiFi for all devices in the house.
My problem is that the NAS is going to be SLOW over wifi, and being a tri-level home that we're going to be moving out of in a few years, it doesn't make me feel inclined to physically run network cables around the house. It's hard to explain without photos, but I'm not planning to fish network cables around.
Would I be better served by a hot swap external enclosure attached to my workstation with scheduled nightly backups, and then physically connect this to my other devices when I want to back them up?
I'm shooting in the dark here, and not sure what my best options would be. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
