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Hawkmoon:
Fo[reasons], I have three Windows 10 desktop computers, two Windows 10 laptops, and a Windows 10 Surface tablet, all for personal use. And I just acquired a third Windows 10 laptop, which is currently awaiting an upgrade from a hard drive to an SSD drive. All have (or will have) 1TB drives except for desktop #3 and the Surface tablet.
I've been installing programs on each computer, but I use a Western Digital 2-drive MyCloud as an NAS, set up to run the two drives as a RAID. That allows me to feel slightly secure about data, but having to reconfigure each computer in the event of a meltdown would be very time consuming and annoying. I thought about buying a larger MyCloud so I can back up several 1TB devices to it, but that's pricey. I can get a Western Digital 14TB external hard drive for less than half the price of the MyCloud I was considering.
https://www.amazon.com/Easystore-14TB-External-Drive-WDBCKA0140HBK-NESN/dp/B083NJPFWS/ref=sr_1_13?crid=3PB7J94PRVFDN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QTilKfD9X3p-WKwxLTJC4Kn_NcW_9o9vBqslJioPeOPVMJ_9pMlAHDeFOP96xcskEEuyITb1ooJ8w2UWmM4bFMj7JvjXQgvp3YaX_DKSCpr1NsX1n0oEiJXhnJweFSn1-TlKNVVhcg9IOxYUwhiKHW1CwXLFT8iU0EuVLEDzpxCNLVYie1OMxkk_4dv8XyMgxxmpE3w8XKgsaIUJc9-pggsbnLoSTCbtvzXDnckciE8.eQRqop3jpMGHvh4qSC5yUP84Ou5TF8LjxffNlAasAao&dib_tag=se&keywords=western+digital+mybook+12tb&qid=1713660694&sprefix=western+digital+mybook%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-13
Can this be connected to one of the computers on my home network and accessed from the other computers over the LAN, or would I have to physically connect it to each computer when I want to make a fresh backup of that device?
WLJ:
--- Quote from: Hawkmoon on April 20, 2024, 09:03:32 PM ---
Can this be connected to one of the computers on my home network and accessed from the other computers over the LAN, or would I have to physically connect it to each computer when I want to make a fresh backup of that device?
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Yes to the first question but does your router have USB connections? If so you should be able to connect it to the router and have it show up as a network drive from it.
Hawkmoon:
--- Quote from: WLJ on April 20, 2024, 09:39:15 PM ---Yes to the first question but does your router have USB connections? If so you should be able to connect it to the router and have it show up as a network drive from it.
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Good thought, but I just checked. No USB -- Ethernet only
lee n. field:
--- Quote from: Hawkmoon on April 20, 2024, 09:03:32 PM ---Fo[reasons], I have three Windows 10 desktop computers, two Windows 10 laptops, and a Windows 10 Surface tablet, all for personal use. And I just acquired a third Windows 10 laptop, which is currently awaiting an upgrade from a hard drive to an SSD drive. All have (or will have) 1TB drives except for desktop #3 and the Surface tablet.
I've been installing programs on each computer, but I use a Western Digital 2-drive MyCloud as an NAS, set up to run the two drives as a RAID. That allows me to feel slightly secure about data, but having to reconfigure each computer in the event of a meltdown would be very time consuming and annoying. I thought about buying a larger MyCloud so I can back up several 1TB devices to it, but that's pricey. I can get a Western Digital 14TB external hard drive for less than half the price of the MyCloud I was considering.
https://www.amazon.com/Easystore-14TB-External-Drive-WDBCKA0140HBK-NESN/dp/B083NJPFWS/ref=sr_1_13?crid=3PB7J94PRVFDN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QTilKfD9X3p-WKwxLTJC4Kn_NcW_9o9vBqslJioPeOPVMJ_9pMlAHDeFOP96xcskEEuyITb1ooJ8w2UWmM4bFMj7JvjXQgvp3YaX_DKSCpr1NsX1n0oEiJXhnJweFSn1-TlKNVVhcg9IOxYUwhiKHW1CwXLFT8iU0EuVLEDzpxCNLVYie1OMxkk_4dv8XyMgxxmpE3w8XKgsaIUJc9-pggsbnLoSTCbtvzXDnckciE8.eQRqop3jpMGHvh4qSC5yUP84Ou5TF8LjxffNlAasAao&dib_tag=se&keywords=western+digital+mybook+12tb&qid=1713660694&sprefix=western+digital+mybook%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-13
Can this be connected to one of the computers on my home network and accessed from the other computers over the LAN, or would I have to physically connect it to each computer when I want to make a fresh backup of that device?
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How much do you have that you actually need to back up? What's the backup strategy? The fact that they've all got terabyte disks doesn't mean you have a terabyte each to back up. (Most people I see with a terabyte disk actually have less than 100GB used, and way less of that that actually needs to be backed up.)
Yes, you could hook an external to one of the pcs, make a share on it, and back up to that share (however the backup is done in this case).
Hawkmoon:
--- Quote from: lee n. field on April 21, 2024, 09:59:23 PM ---How much do you have that you actually need to back up? What's the backup strategy? The fact that they've all got terabyte disks doesn't mean you have a terabyte each to back up. (Most people I see with a terabyte disk actually have less than 100GB used, and way less of that that actually needs to be backed up.)
Yes, you could hook an external to one of the pcs, make a share on it, and back up to that share (however the backup is done in this case).
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The primary desktop currently has 386GB used -- I try to keep the #1 spare desktop as close to this as possible, so it's about the same. The two primary laptops are probably about 150GB each.
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