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I am new to readynas. I recently purchased readynas 102 with two 1 TB hard drives and was surprised that I installed, setup the two disk system with my wire less router and even have my files sync'd. As you can see by my terminology I'm not a much of a tech person. I try. Primary I purchased this system because I take lots of photographs, lots. so many I am running out of space on my windows based system and photoshop no longer runs very well due to lack of space (nor does anything else). Down to the problem, where do I go from here? My picture files are sync'd but I'm having difficulty figuring out what I do from this point. I don't see how to actually alleviate the problem of memory space on my computer and move it to the readynas hard drive. I also have not figured out the dual back up system.
Got it!!, thanks so much for all you help. I will be getting the back up going next, and thanks for the tip on the UPS. I hadn't even thought about getting a UPS and that would be wise.
I am new to readynas. I recently purchased readynas 102 with two 1 TB hard drives and was surprised that I installed, setup the two disk system with my wire less router and even have my files sync'd. As you can see by my terminology I'm not a much of a tech person. I try. Primary I purchased this system because I take lots of photographs, lots. so many I am running out of space on my windows based system and photoshop no longer runs very well due to lack of space (nor does anything else). Down to the problem, where do I go from here? My picture files are sync'd but I'm having difficulty figuring out what I do from this point. I don't see how to actually alleviate the problem of memory space on my computer and move it to the readynas hard drive. I also have not figured out the dual back up system.
Sounds do me that you actually don't want to do a sync at all. Instead you want to copy your data.
If you are using windows, open file explorer and it should see the NAS. Click on it, and you should see the default Photos share. Just drag/drop your photos there.
ok, that makes sense rather than syncing. I'm not sure then I have things set up right. I have a icon on the task bar for readynas. but I don't know if thats the same thing that you mean. This is what the menu looks like, is this where you mean ?
It will be faster/better if you access through file explorer (e.g., "Computer" on windows 7 and earlier). If you enter \\192.168.1.26 into file explorer, you should also see the NAS folders. Maks sure you use \\ (and not //).
windows 10 actually. somebody out there likes it I'm sure. I reinstalled the information I found in a discussion for windows 10 and I see now where it is on the PC (for some reason it wasn't there) and there is one folder there for pictures. Is that where I start dragging all the photo files to, and just direct them there from now on instead of the PC hardrive?
windows 10 actually. somebody out there likes it I'm sure.
I was trying to say "file explorer" for windows 10, "computer" for Windows 7 and earlier.
there is one folder there for pictures. Is that where I start dragging all the photo files to, and just direct them there from now on instead of the PC hardrive?
Yes, exactly.
BTW, you can create your own folder names on the NAS via the web UI, and you can also remove folders you don't see a need for on there as well.
Some people find that the NAS will disappear from the left pane. There are some workarounds for that, so if it happens to you just post back (starting a new thread).
Now that you are started, it is important to understand the need for backing up your files. The NAS uses RAID, so it has some built-in protection against a disk failure (assuming you have 2 or more disks installed). But that is actually not enough to fully protect your files. Even with a NAS you still should be doing regular backups. A USB drive is likely the simplest way to do that. You can connect the drive right to the NAS, and use the Web UI to create a backup schedule.
I also recommend that at some point you get a UPS for the NAS. A lot of problems posted here start with an unexpected power failure. The UPS prevents that (a USB connector goes from the UPS to the NAS, and if the battery in the UPS drains, the NAS automatically does a clean shutdown). I use a Cyperpower UPS myself, there plenty of other brands that work (APC is very popular).
Got it!!, thanks so much for all you help. I will be getting the back up going next, and thanks for the tip on the UPS. I hadn't even thought about getting a UPS and that would be wise.
