Accessing NAS when Domain Contoller is Off

Hi

Thanks for all of you comments. It looks as if I have purchased the wrong product to do the job I need.

Grievous Said Run a backup DC, get a UPS for the DC, or run user security mode. Domain controllers are meant to be on at all times.

Thanks Grievous - I'd love to run a backup DC but I am afraid we have just the 1 server and my MD won't be too keen on buying another, in security mode I can't automatically copy across file and folder security and this is also a requirement. And the point of the NAS was as an emergency in the event of the server failing!

I will have to look about for an alternative product that will hopefully be able to keep a local copy of the AD security setting for the files and folders that will still be able to run stanalone. Hope such a thing exists!!

Thanks again for all of your comments

Steve