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RN204 - can other backup software be used?
I didn't realize when I spent $1k on drives and this NAS that it seems to be locked into its own backup software which does not fit my way of saving data. Did I just waste my money? It wants to use a...
ReadyCloud is an option, and you certainly don't need to use it.
JPra wrote:
it seems to be locked into its own backup software which does not fit my way of saving data.
Can you tell us what your preferrred way is? Also tell us what devices you want to access the NAS with, and whether you want to access it over the internet (or only over the local LAN).
Can you tell us what your preferrred way is?
Preferred method is to set up a folder for each hard drive I want to copy, then copy all contents of that drive.
Also tell us what devices you want to access the NAS with, and whether you want to access it over the internet (or only over the local LAN).
Only over local LAN, preferrably over ethernet. For security reasons I want zero access to or from internet. This is especially true after my antivirus identifed my readycloud program as being infected with a virus.
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