NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
Readynas 212 upgrade
Hi Everyone,
I was considering the ReadyNAS-212 2 bay system for my home network to take backups.
My environment is as follows:
1 windows 10 pro laptop
1 mac OS Sierra laptop
2 iPhones
1 android
1 ipad
Can i backup all of these devices to the readynas 212 including the phones media?
Also i see that the readynas 212 is almost 2 years old now. is a produce refresh due?
Thanks,
Nisheel
Hello Nisheel,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if the information we provided has helped resolve your issue or if you need further assistance. If your issue is now resolved, we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accept as Solution” or post what resolved it and mark it as solution so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution.The Netgear community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!
Regards,
Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team
4 Replies
If you can back up the phones to a PC, then you should be able to back them up to the NAS. The trick is to map the NAS backup share (or the entire data volume) to a PC drive letter.
On the mac, the NAS does support TimeMachine. There are some improvements in the works to deal with the High Sierra release.
Nisheel wrote:
Also i see that the readynas 212 is almost 2 years old now. is a produce refresh due?
No clue there, and Netgear doesn't pre-announce. Although they've refreshed all of the original OS-6 platforms, they are all still supported. I don't see it as a big concern, especially if all you are looking for is backup storage.
Thanks Stephen.
I also wanted to use it for PLEX, besides the backup. Is that fine?
No clue there, and Netgear doesn't pre-announce. Although they've refreshed all of the original OS-6 platforms, they are all still supported. I don't see it as a big concern, especially if all you are looking for is backup storage.
Hello Nisheel,
It is fine to run plex media server together with the backup since backup jobs can be scheduled.
Regards,
Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
