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Remote backup to my NAS from my family
Dear all, I've just installed a Readynas Ultra 2 at home, which isn't my first attempt to create a safe backup for mine and my family's photos and documents, but I hope it will be a successful one...
Next thing on the list... :)
I also want to have a share "X" which is read-available to all of them. This is mainly for photo-sharing.
The thing is, for this share, it would be better if the files were automatically downloaded to their computers (not just available on my NAS). If they have to use the connection to my NAS when browsing, it will be way too slow.
Here's a sketch, which might be a bad idea:
* they have a "drop folder" on their computer. Here they put for example "Christmas pictures 2011".
* the files are mirrored to my NAS, to their own folder in the share X (read/write access over FTP) using SyncBackSE
* the share X contains the folders "Person A", "Person B", "Family C" etc.
* the share is, I don't know, shared over the internet read-only, preferably mappable as a hard drive
* the mapped drive is set as "always available offline", which may make browsing faster?
With such a setup, each person will have duplicates of their own files in different folders, but that's ok.
Sounds feasible? Sounds stupid? Sounds awesome?
I also want to have a share "X" which is read-available to all of them. This is mainly for photo-sharing.
The thing is, for this share, it would be better if the files were automatically downloaded to their computers (not just available on my NAS). If they have to use the connection to my NAS when browsing, it will be way too slow.
Here's a sketch, which might be a bad idea:
* they have a "drop folder" on their computer. Here they put for example "Christmas pictures 2011".
* the files are mirrored to my NAS, to their own folder in the share X (read/write access over FTP) using SyncBackSE
* the share X contains the folders "Person A", "Person B", "Family C" etc.
* the share is, I don't know, shared over the internet read-only, preferably mappable as a hard drive
* the mapped drive is set as "always available offline", which may make browsing faster?
With such a setup, each person will have duplicates of their own files in different folders, but that's ok.
Sounds feasible? Sounds stupid? Sounds awesome?
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