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[Discuss] Home server



On January 25, 2015, Rohan Joshi wrote:
>I was thinking of making a home server that will backup my photos and
>documents, preferably one that is scheduled.

If you don't mind spending money, I recommend the Synology Diskserver
line. (It's Linux under the hood.)

Been happy with ours for years. It has a simple GUI and is pretty much
"set and forget." Just insert 5 disks, let it set up the RAID for you,
then create a backup volume, and done. It also works as a TimeMachine
server and SMB server for your other OSes at home.

It also comes with software packages for managing a photo collection,
running a home monitoring system, and other stuff.

Sure, you could do the same thing with any Linux server. The advantage
with Synology is its simplicity.  I have a model DS1511+.

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Dan Barrett
dbarrett at blazemonger.com




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