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My current storage load is about 3 TB. I'm thinking of doubling that and doing something like this:
1. Active storage. At least 6 TB of internal storage in my computer.
2. On-site backup storage. Same size. Complete "mirroring" with maybe a month or two of revisions.
3. Same as 2., only off-site.
So I was thinking, would the WD MyCloud external drives be cutting it for 2. and 3.?
What I need is the following:
1. It must all be automatic. The only time I should need to interact with the backup software, is if any drive, internal, on-site or off-site should fail.
2. Of course the software must be able to immediately warn me if something fails.
3. The off-site backup system must be able to being turned off and automatically resume backup when it comes back online. (I will be storing this one at my dad's house. He usually turns everything off during lightning storms.)
4. I'd like the backup software to be the most robust and flexible on the market. Not any cheap solution. Previously I used something like Genie Timeline and that worked good. It compressed and encrypted and created revisions of a chosen size. That's the functionality I need.
5. Encryption. I want both the off-site and on-site backup to be encrypted, especially the off-site one.
So I think my main question is, would the WD MyCloud products cut it for this? I know NAS products can get quite expensive. I don't want to waste money either, I just want something that works reliably, tells me when it fails and then I can replace it.
Thank you for your answers and help.
1. Active storage. At least 6 TB of internal storage in my computer.
2. On-site backup storage. Same size. Complete "mirroring" with maybe a month or two of revisions.
3. Same as 2., only off-site.
So I was thinking, would the WD MyCloud external drives be cutting it for 2. and 3.?
What I need is the following:
1. It must all be automatic. The only time I should need to interact with the backup software, is if any drive, internal, on-site or off-site should fail.
2. Of course the software must be able to immediately warn me if something fails.
3. The off-site backup system must be able to being turned off and automatically resume backup when it comes back online. (I will be storing this one at my dad's house. He usually turns everything off during lightning storms.)
4. I'd like the backup software to be the most robust and flexible on the market. Not any cheap solution. Previously I used something like Genie Timeline and that worked good. It compressed and encrypted and created revisions of a chosen size. That's the functionality I need.
5. Encryption. I want both the off-site and on-site backup to be encrypted, especially the off-site one.
So I think my main question is, would the WD MyCloud products cut it for this? I know NAS products can get quite expensive. I don't want to waste money either, I just want something that works reliably, tells me when it fails and then I can replace it.
Thank you for your answers and help.
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