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ReadyCloud Desktop Client - Solutions or Alternatives (Windows)
I've searched these forums, youtube videos and spoken to tech support and not found any sensible solution to how to set up sync and backup on my 2 laptops and NAS to get various subsets of data to sy...
ranc wrote:
...My feelings after spending way too much time trying to resolve this, is that the Readycloud Desktop app just isn't there yet and should not be out of beta. For now, I should dump it and find another pc of software until netgear get it working right? ...
Regrettably that's what I'd suggest. Netgear still seems rather confused over what users need/expect from ReadyCloud. I keep an eye on it, but so far I haven't seen the features or performance I'd need. And it still hijacks 5.x.x.x IP addresses.
For PC backup I use Acronis TrueImage (but not their new subscription cloud service) with the NAS as the target. There are other choices, but its worked well for me for some years. If you are just backing up folders, you could use the built-in backup jobs, or put together a simple robocopy script on the PC.
For remote NAS access I am mostly using FileZilla with ftps. Though I am in the process of switching to OpenVPN. That gives me secure access to the entire home network, including the NAS. ReadyCloud allows more control over access for outside users, but that's not a feature I need.
I don't really need sync, so I haven't worried about it. Maybe after I finish with OpenVPN I'll take another look at that.
Thanks Stephen - I appreciate you getting back to me, even if it wasn't the answer I was hoping for! I'm a little confused that you're a moderator (netgear employee?) yet able to be so candid? It's great, but my mystery with this remains why such a company as massive and (in my prior experience), reliable as Netgear can have dropped such a major ball here. Still feel like I'm missing a major point.
Anyway, that's an aside.
So in relation to my original post, backup is fine and I'll just rewrite the scripts with what I'm using at the moment and point it to the NAS. My video / music collection etc I'll figure out something with - it's not that high priority.
BUT it's the sync that's so important for me for my work stuff. A ton of documents - mostly just word / xls / huge numbers of pdf's that I update regularly throughout the day on both devices. So I need sync software sitting in the middle to sort that out for me.
I've had a look around but most of it is for cloud storage.
I'm currently looking at syncback and if anyone has and reasons to/not to or other suggestions I'd love to hear.
Thanks again Stephen.
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