Which ready Nas Newbie

StephenB wrote:
There are certainly cheaper possibilities that I've seen posted here (crashplan.com and onlinestoragesolution.com), it would be nice to hear from folks who are using these services (or similarly priced ones) on how hard it was to set up, any issues they've seen...

If you have basic Linux commandline skills then setting up Crashplan is fairly easy. Having researched many of these services specifically for NAS backup, it certainly seems to be the best service available to NAS users (it runs directly on th NAS unlike most others) and very cost effective ($50 per year max to backup as much NAS data as you want including unlimited versions) Very much recommended.

Haven't seen anyone post a successful setup with onlinestoragesolution.com - seems similarly priced but does not offer the same level of features. Personally I'd also be wary of entrusting my backups with a less well recognized service

I would however recommend online storage in addition to a local backup - much faster to backup & restore and reduces risk should the online service ever disappear