Hiya
I'm advising a small non-profit / charity who do fab work with disabled people. They operate from a single small office with max 6 workers at any one time. Their current setup is a variety of ageing apple laptops thanks to a generous grant in the past, plus personal iphones and ipads. Potentially 16 connected devices in the room.
Currently their backup and wifi is through a single ancient Time Capsule from 2008, which is now utterly full up and can't do local backups of staff laptops. They want me to bring their wifi / backup up to date, but cost is an issue. Main network burden is Dropbox online backups and Facetime video calls to deaf clients.
Options I'm considering:
Option 1:
- Apple Airport Time Capsule 2TB £299, or 3TB £399.
- Drop in replacement, but is on the way out. Expensive. Limited capacity.
- Questions over future proofing, especially with AFPS coming out soon.
Option 2:
- Apple Airport Extreme £199
+attached HDD via USB2 (!) for Time Machine. About £120 for a Seagate 5TB.
Option 3
- ASUS RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
£144 from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Wireless...gabit-Router-Server-Dongle-Support/B00FB45SI4
- Attached HDD via USB3 for Time Machine. About £120 for a Seagate 5TB.
What are your thoughts?
I'm advising a small non-profit / charity who do fab work with disabled people. They operate from a single small office with max 6 workers at any one time. Their current setup is a variety of ageing apple laptops thanks to a generous grant in the past, plus personal iphones and ipads. Potentially 16 connected devices in the room.
Currently their backup and wifi is through a single ancient Time Capsule from 2008, which is now utterly full up and can't do local backups of staff laptops. They want me to bring their wifi / backup up to date, but cost is an issue. Main network burden is Dropbox online backups and Facetime video calls to deaf clients.
Options I'm considering:
Option 1:
- Apple Airport Time Capsule 2TB £299, or 3TB £399.
- Drop in replacement, but is on the way out. Expensive. Limited capacity.
- Questions over future proofing, especially with AFPS coming out soon.
Option 2:
- Apple Airport Extreme £199
+attached HDD via USB2 (!) for Time Machine. About £120 for a Seagate 5TB.
Option 3
- ASUS RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
£144 from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Wireless...gabit-Router-Server-Dongle-Support/B00FB45SI4
- Attached HDD via USB3 for Time Machine. About £120 for a Seagate 5TB.
What are your thoughts?
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