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Iomega Prestige 2TB not detected by ReadyNAS NV+
I’ve formatted a brand new Iomega Prestige 2GB external HD USB3.0 to NTFS (I know I would only get USB 2.0 speed). Problem is that the Nas won’t recognise the drive. The NV+ (latest firmware 4.1.7) ...
Thanks for the feedback.
I wanted redundancy to protect again fire as well as hardware failure so my backup strategy is as follows:-
Saturday both home laptops backup to the NAS (4x 1TB - RAID X).
Sunday mornings the 2TB USB drive is retreived from the garage at the end of the garden and connected to the NAS
Full backup of NAS to 2TB USB drive every 4 weeks on a Sunday. Each Sunday in between is an incremental backup.
Once the 2TB USB has been backed up it is returned to the garage in an unmarked cardboard box before the end of the Sunday.
Advantage with the above is:-
- If there is a fire in the house or the garage the data is safe.
- If there is a theft in the house or the garage the data is safe.
I'm not fussed about how fast the backup is. Yes, you could have two Nas' but I would want the second one in the garage and then this would need networking to the one in the house. The above is I feel pretty resilient and reasonably cost effective. Our NAS is used to store mainly our music and photos which makes having a central repository for multiple machines an ideal solution to avoid duplication but have the redudancy required.
Thoughts, feedback on the above would be most welcome.
I wanted redundancy to protect again fire as well as hardware failure so my backup strategy is as follows:-
Saturday both home laptops backup to the NAS (4x 1TB - RAID X).
Sunday mornings the 2TB USB drive is retreived from the garage at the end of the garden and connected to the NAS
Full backup of NAS to 2TB USB drive every 4 weeks on a Sunday. Each Sunday in between is an incremental backup.
Once the 2TB USB has been backed up it is returned to the garage in an unmarked cardboard box before the end of the Sunday.
Advantage with the above is:-
- If there is a fire in the house or the garage the data is safe.
- If there is a theft in the house or the garage the data is safe.
I'm not fussed about how fast the backup is. Yes, you could have two Nas' but I would want the second one in the garage and then this would need networking to the one in the house. The above is I feel pretty resilient and reasonably cost effective. Our NAS is used to store mainly our music and photos which makes having a central repository for multiple machines an ideal solution to avoid duplication but have the redudancy required.
Thoughts, feedback on the above would be most welcome.
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