Hard Drive Back Up-NAS?

[jecodob]

Hello

I have a problem i am trying to solve.
I have mac book pro i would like to have automatically back up to and external hard drive...

But i do not want to connect with USB or Fire wire, I would prefer to do it wireless with a NAS drive is this possible. I do not want to have to connect more wires all the time. I would like it to automatically back uo with time machine when i am at the office.

Anybody doing this and what hard drive do you use.

I also have an exchange server but time machine will not recognize the drives.

thanks

 

[nomar383]

I used to do technical support for NETGEAR's ReadyNAS line which work very well with mac. Time Machine support in a single click.

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage.aspx

 

[jecodob]

Those are too expensive!

 

[Moocher]

That's what Time Capsule is for!

Or, hang a hard drive off an airport extreme.

Simple and works great.


Mooch

 

[scienide09]

Those are too expensive!

If price is a concern, it would help to know what your limits are for price, and how much work you're willing to do on your own.

My NAS consists of a Dlink DNS-323 with two WD Caviar green drives (640MB each), put together for less than $300US. I've had to spend some time tweaking it to my satisfaction (which involved "hacking" the NAS box), but now its a sweet backup solution for Time Machine, as well as storage for files I don't want to keep on my notebook HDs.

 

[nomar383]

For this type of thing, expect to spend $300-500 minimum unless you have a spare computer laying around and a bunch of free time.

 

[Tomorrow]

A NAS is significantly more expensive than a USB or FW drive, but well worth the price IMO. Keep in mind that since a NAS is always on, regardless of whether a computer on the network is on, it has to run some sort of OS, have a network adapter, etc. A USB drive is, by comparison, a far simpler device.

I'm using a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo, 2 Tb, that set me back about $279 at Fry's some time ago - that was a huge markdown.