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Shag514

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Looking for advise on what type of NAS device to get for a small office. 4 employees and 4 pc's. The main requirement is that it be wireless (through our network router), accessible offline, accessible remotely (preferably via a web portal of some kind), and mostly affordable. We are a very small business and can't afford a $1000 NAS system. It will mainly hold .PDF files and the occasional Word file.
 
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2TB is maybe outside of Dropbox, but if not, you could use a simple USB HDD to store a local copy and have the Dropbox as the working copy. I'm using a 3TB single drive WD cloud device, it allows for off site access. Doing anything solely on site means you should arrange a backup mechanism, which will get pricey, but is essential. If it is making you...
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We wan't to be able to keep a hard copy backup of the information stored on the service. We currently have roughly 2K GB of stored files and that will only get higher as we scan and archive more and more work. I'm not familiar with Drop Box and how it works. Subscription based I imagine. I'll research it.
 
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2TB is maybe outside of Dropbox, but if not, you could use a simple USB HDD to store a local copy and have the Dropbox as the working copy. I'm using a 3TB single drive WD cloud device, it allows for off site access. Doing anything solely on site means you should arrange a backup mechanism, which will get pricey, but is essential. If it is making you money do it properly.
 
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Right.
My NAS is also backed up to a large enuff USB drive. So another $250 for that.

4 x 3TB RAID 5 = ~8TB effective space. This holds working docs (+movie/music/etc) and also backups of all the user systems.
This is then backed up to a USB connected 8TB on a schedule.


Bottom line...do it right.
It may cost a bit up front, but you'll be extremely glad you have it if you need it.
Downtime = lost money.
 
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