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dmahon1
Nov 26, 2011Aspirant
What exactly does it offer?
I have a ReadyNAS (NVX). It has an IP address. I backup daily to an external device and use ReadyNAS Vault for my most important items so they are backed up almost instantly and have versions availabl...
JohnnyEgnyte
Feb 12, 2012Aspirant
victorhortaliveson wrote: I have another variation on this question.
I want to be able to use more than 1 PC (Win7 or OSX) to access and modify files on a ReadyNAS share.
Due to the vagaries of Win7 and OSX I can't just deal with mapped folders etc, but a local "cloud" sounds like a possible solution.
Can I use your NAS add-on as just a local service - no need to connect to a remote cloud ? In this way I always have my files on my NAS and will manage local backups etc myself.
I would guess that this is much too simple for your intended product objectives.
If mapped drives aren't an option to access files, what would be the most convenient way for your users to access files? (FTP, web browser, desktop sync, etc). It almost sounds like you're looking for SAN type solution?
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