[Hidden-tech] USB external hard drives?

[Rich Roth]

The short form of the 'server aspect' is just like any web server or 
cloud server - only
on your local network.

The real catch is to work with Time Machine -- and the synology
is designed to support it - see: 
http://www.synology.com/en-us/support/tutorials/481

Frankly getting a 2-3 TB external backup drive is very dangerous 
compared to a system
like Synology -- a drive unit has multiple drives in a RAID 
configuration - the data is
distributed so if one fails (which all drives do over time), you replace 
that one,
and the system rebalances.  So no matter what system you get, make sure 
it has
multiple drives in a RAID configuration.

Rich

On 1/20/2014 5:36 PM, Robin MacRostie wrote:
>
> I bought a Synology DiskStation to back up home videos etc.  I'm 
> having a hard time understanding the server aspect of it.
>
> I back up with Time Machine locally and Crash Plan to the  cloud.
>
> Would a  2-3 TB USB external drive be simpler for me.  Could my Imac 
> see it all the time?   Could I browse for drag and drop to upload?
>
> -- 
> Robin MacRostie
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