In setting up the TS_469L, any suggestions for newbies? And to have an off campus backup, can you back up this unit to the cloud?Thanks.
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Getting set up is remarkably easy! I used 4x WD RED HD's (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008JJLW4M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1) and added a 2GB stick of RAM (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051MU7JG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1), all of which works very well so far for my needs. (upgraded from a 2-drive QNAP)There are a few cloud services that the unit can be set up to use. See http://www.qnap.com/en/?lang=en&sn;=1844 for more details. As noted above, I repurposed my old NAS as the backup target, so I don't personally use the cloud-based backup options. Getting set up is remarkably easy! I used 4x WD RED HD's (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008JJLW4M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1) and added a 2GB stick of RAM (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051MU7JG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1), all of which works very well so far for my needs. (upgraded from a 2-drive QNAP)There are a few cloud services that the unit can be set up to use. See http://www.qnap.com/en/?lang=en&sn;=1844 for more details. As noted above, I repurposed my old NAS as the backup target, so I don't personally use... » Read More Getting set up is remarkably easy! I used 4x WD RED HD's (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008JJLW4M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1) and added a 2GB stick of RAM (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051MU7JG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1), all of which works very well so far for my needs. (upgraded from a 2-drive QNAP)There are a few cloud services that the unit can be set up to use. See http://www.qnap.com/en/?lang=en&sn;=1844 for more details. As noted above, I repurposed my old NAS as the backup target, so I don't personally use the cloud-based backup options. « Show Less
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The setup process should be pretty easy. Take the unit out of the box and connect to the router and power it up. Download the Qfinder to find the IP address of the NAS. Type in the IP address of the NAS then a step by step guide should pop up asking you insert the HDD and what kind of raid you would like. Yes you can back up to Amazon S3, Google drive, Drop box, elephant drive, and Microsoft Azure
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Suggestions would depend on your goals - there are tons of different features. Yes you can back up to the cloud. I back up to Amazon S3 but there are other options. Here is the manual http://bit.ly/1vbJe1G
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Thanks for all of that information. My son is into every gadget out there. I know that they have three laptops and one desktop running in the house right now. However, when I ask him to help me with something all of a sudden he does not know. Who paid for his school anyway?? Back on subject, if all of the computers all over the house can use the router should I get the 560 or the 460. They are practially the same price now.You have all been very kind in helping the "old person" out with this.I really do appreciate it.
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hi, were you able to update it? did you need that in a way to use it? (im asking as Im trying to define if I should or not get this unit...) thanks!
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Does it work well as far as speed is concerned? I am using a TP link C-9 now and the backups take a day or more.
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I have not used it repeadidly yet. Only for showing others the setup. Good luck...
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Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it.... » Read More Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! « Show Less
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You got it! Can't turn the @#$% thing off once it is connected. Have to shutdown the computer and then unplug it. I plug it in and do a weekly backup, then shutdown and unplug it. A pain, I'd rather just reboot before my backup then eject the thing.
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Thank you. for recording, internal hard drive is required. unable to record directly to a cloud server or networked NAS. Regards
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I have mine connected to the home network for the entire family to use for back up storage, from how it behaves - I can only assume it is not spinning when there is now pending activity. Initial access time is way longer then once you have the drive directory open; and on occasion despite having the drive mapped to the desktop, the auto backup software I use will stop and alert that the selected destination for the backup is not available - which I then resolve by opening the directory manually (a bit of a delay) then everything is happy again. but the aproduct info doesn't mention that specifically. It also appears to take a while to initially gain access to the drive from outside the home network which sort of reinforces my thinking that it shuts down when ot being actively polled from somewhere on the network
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I use a Mac mostly and I never back up to the cloud. Whenever I used a windows machine with it there was also no cloud backup.
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Hey I actually have the exact same question. I just bought a TR4M to go with this board. What were your findings? I just tried booting it (I'm running Ubuntu off a thumb drive) and the system hung for a while before presenting me with a laundry list of conflicts. I'm curious, did you try this out? What did you end up doing?Thankya!
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I did get this unit to use as an external backup, but I also use CrashplanPro to backup to the cloud http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetUpCrashPlanCloudBackupHeadlessOnASynologyNASBackupStrategies.aspx. Two of the slots in the expansion are dedicated to SSD acceleration now supported in 4.3
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Learning curve isn't horrible. If you know how to install hard drives, the rest is rather simple. The instructions in the box were *slightly* sparse when I received mine, but you wind up getting more up-to-date information online. This is because the full system software is downloaded, rather than included with the DiskStation, to avoid people running on horribly out-of-date stuff. You WILL need an internet connection during initial setup, since it downloads the current DSM (Disk Station Manager) software from Synology during setup (There is a way to do setup *without* an active connection, but it's not worth the hassle in my opinion). Once the DSM software is installed (which is pretty straightforward), you can go about playing with settings. The onboard help function is pretty solid, and there's a ton of information on the Synology forums. TBH, I don't really have to tinker with it unless I want to add features - it's pretty stable on its own. Everything is run via a browser interface, and you can control the IP address and other basic network features just like you would with a laptop or desktop. For more advanced useage: If you have a server (Windows Server, Linux), the system can be told to look to the server for instructions, access permissions, and other things - this would allow you to do more detailed system control without having to keep track of multiple settings.
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Yes, but not very well. I tried using it and ended up sending it back to amazon. It was no good for our network. The software it uses is very slow and I had a very difficult time performing backups. All in all, it was nothing like what it was marketed as.
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I would not recommend the purchase of this system. Honeywell will not support it. It's very difficult to find a system that is capable of using a cell phone back up on site you will most likely have to get a provider I can offer you this service through a tower. If you search the web there is some low-cost providers that can help you with this servicesome companies will give you the system for free with a one-year commitment to their monitoring serviceI wouldn't recommend any more than a one year commitment
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I'm wondering the same thing. Wish someone could answer this, I'm really considering purchasing this unit.
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Yes I actually had my wifi network go down and it still recorded to the SD card during that time so this works as long as you initially have it set up on a network. Also, I never allow cloud access to it. I use it only to record to SD and I also have it automatically ftp files to a server on my own network.