Looking for a NAS box for Mom

flazer wrote:

maxblack wrote: I dunno flazer, I think you're making a mistake here. After all, it's been said many times "you gotta backup your NAS" i.e. it could fail as well, and in the end you have to buy something to back IT up so... Appreciate your reply as well; however, not sure where you are headed here... If your box is a primary repository then yes, makes sense to have a second backup plan, But (as in this case), the box for mom would serve purely to back up: hard to see the need for yet anther box. After all, there would exists 3 copies for each of my mom's machines - the originals on each machine and the double copy in the NAS box (provided said box has 2+ physical drives).

I don't disagree. However the "nightmare scenario" remains, which is a lightning strike/power hit that kills all 3 at once. It happens.

I like removable drives for backups of irreplaceable data--connect, back-up, disconnect, store somewhere safe. I like NAS for sharing common files across a multi-PC network 24/7, and yes it allows easy backup of networked PC files on-the-fly.