SOLUTION: [sdw2003] How to backup a Buffalo NAS ???

[TJ Galati]

For those who care.

I decided to go with iDrive.  Idrive.com

Their software will run as a service on a workstation, even if the user is not logged on, and will backup from a mapped drive (even if the user is not logged on), to any location.  However, I am using their online backup which is fairly inexpensive for the base package.  4.95 /mo.

Thanx for your help.

TJ Galati
CIO, CRES


-----Original Message-----
From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com] On Behalf Of Joe Lagreca
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:57 AM
To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
Subject: Re: [sdw2003] How to backup a Buffalo NAS ???

John,

Yes, since then it will show up as a local drive.  But...

Modern NAS units are starting to support iSCSI, but it opens a whole
new can of worms.  Multiple machines cannot connect to them
simultaneously, which is what most clients are aiming for when they
get a NAS.  Then the data would have to be shared from the device that
is connecting to it via iSCSI, and at that point, you might as well
just have a full blown file server, instead of a NAS.

Joe LaGreca
Founder & Owner, BIG Net Online
619-393-1733 x200 Office
619-318-3246 Cell
www.BIGnetOnline.com



On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:23 AM, John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 07:38:45PM -0800, Joe Lagreca wrote:
>> Unfortunately this is NOT the case with Mozy.  In order to backup
>> mapped drives, you have to be running Mozy Pro, which has a per
>> machine license and then a per GB charge.  The home use/unlimited
>> backup for $5/month will NOT let you back up mapped drives.
>
> Can you get around that by using iSCSI?
>
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