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Basic questions: backing up Windows PCs to ReadyNAS Duo
Having a home network of 4 or 5 PCs running Windows (mostly 7 Home Premium but one Vista Pro) I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a proper backup system. Installed the ReadyNAS Duo with 2x...
It is more common that you run a backup application on your PCs that pushes the data to the NAS and then allows you to maintain multiple backups or versions, easy selection of data to include/exclude etc.
You can configure the NAS to 'pull' the data, but you must setup your PCs with appropriate access etc. and then you have only a basic backup facility which is more often used to backup data from the NAS to another device (eg a 2nd NAS, an attached USB device or perhaps are remote server)
There are many windows backup apps around to do this - freeware, shareware & full commercial. It may even be the case that the backup app supplied with Windows 7 would service your needs
You can configure the NAS to 'pull' the data, but you must setup your PCs with appropriate access etc. and then you have only a basic backup facility which is more often used to backup data from the NAS to another device (eg a 2nd NAS, an attached USB device or perhaps are remote server)
There are many windows backup apps around to do this - freeware, shareware & full commercial. It may even be the case that the backup app supplied with Windows 7 would service your needs
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