Setting up small office Has server

budest · May 20, 2017

Hey guys I'd love some professional help with this if you don't mind.

Small office with 4 PC's running Windows 10 in different rooms
Each computer is connected to the router via powerline adaptors (500Mbps)

I am looking to add a NAS server to use to backup the machines incrementally daily and full backups weekly. I had been looking at the 6TB Synology NAS from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Synology-DiskStation-Desktop-Network-Attached/dp/B00O8LM3IE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467371642&sr=8-&th=1) as a solution.

I will be connecting the NAS to the router via ethernet directly then as noted the machines will be connected to the router via powerline adaptors. So my question is this, I assume each machine will need to be backed up at different times and not at the same time due to data transfer rates and write ability to the NAS?

Can anyone add to this proposed solution? A better way to carry out the tasks required maybe?

Thanks in advance people.

USAFRet · May 20, 2017

You have it almost perfect.

I'd suggest a NAS with more than one drive. 2 or 4.
I have a 4 bay QNAP TS-453A

And then add drives.

For the daily backup, I use Macrium Reflect.
Nightly incremental backups to the NAS, rolled into a Full backup every 2 weeks.
A more detailed description of my procedure in the opening comment in this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3383768/backup-situation-home.html

kanewolf · May 20, 2017

Why have you not pulled ethernet cabling to these rooms? That is really what is necessary to make a NAS useful. If you are not capable of pulling the cable, then I would recommend contracting to a low voltage cabling specialist. They will be able to get cable almost anywhere.

budest · May 22, 2017

USAFRet :

Thanks for that.

So I assume you are using the extra drives in a RAID array? ***IGNORE THIS - I just read your linked thread. ***

budest · May 22, 2017

kanewolf :

Hey thanks for that.

It is of course possible to hardwire each box to a switch but the same job can be achieved using network plugs as described above. The added cost in wiring the office wouldn't make a sufficient enough gain to warrant the price difference in my opinion. And each machine could still only be backed up individually given the throughput limitations of the NAS. It can't write from multiple sources at once.

USAFRet · May 22, 2017

budest :

The NAS I linked above can certainly be written to and read from multiple devices simultaneously.

Running your data over Cat5e will be faster, more stable.
To the point of that you end up using this NAS for much more than just backups.
Shared folder space for office docs, a home folder for each user, client presentations directly off the NAS, etc, etc, etc.

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