Looking for Nas Solution

[Err0r_Head]

We are looking to backup some files from our business raid 5 server to the owners offsite home. This is  a fail safe for fire purposes or when the server is down for maintenance to access important files.

 

My thought and pitch was to have them buy a NAS setup and backup these files over a VPN from the server to their home (where the NAS would be). I'm newer to the NAS scene, so I'm trying to find out if this is a good solution vs the 1 TB USB 3.0 backup we are doing right now that has issues (The owners are not always onsite, short on time, or out of town having the drive with them to keep offsite; where its not always available to be backed up).

 

Thanks for any help and suggestions.

 

Err0r

[Zero_Hour]

Honestly I would just build a freenas box. You can build one fairly cheap or really expensive. Its totally up to you. 

[Err0r_Head]

Whats the difference with a freenas box?

[PenPoint]

Check this answer out which I posted to another guy :

 

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In most cases, my recommendation is Synology. Its DiskStation Manager is just great.
However if you are trying to purchase a genuine Synology NAS for small company, it's quite expensive.
I don't know exactly whether this violates copyright law, but there is a way to use Synology-tweaked OS for free. It's XPEnology.
At least as far as I know, there is a claim that XPEnology isn't illegal. NOT FOR SURE.
Using this, you can build your own NAS and just install XPEnology on it. Then it will be your perfect one.
 
Check this out if you want to get more info about XPEnology : http://xpenology.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

[Err0r_Head]

Yeah i was looking at the Synology NAS boxes and looking at getting a 2-bay setup with two 3-TB NAS HDDs in a raid configuration. Then using the built in system to setup a VPN. I just wasn't sure if there is a better route to take for a business backup offsite over the net. (they don't want cloud storage that isn't at their company or home, or id go that route)

[TheSaint]

I've used several models of Synology for a few small businesses I've helped setup NAS for. The Synology is certainly the way to go in terms of the great OS, Disk Station Manager. It rocks. Plenty of features, constantly updated, and very easy and powerful to manage from the admin side of things. DiskStations tend to have very low power consumption and also don't take much space compared to some custom server build which can take more power and physical space if you're not careful.

 

I've heard great things regarding FreeNAS if you want to do it yourself, just make sure that the long-term power consumption doesn't secretly drive up the cost of operation. For a simple two disk NAS, I think you're better off with Synology because you get the great DSM. If you needed to build a huge array of storage and wanted to drive down costs, then I would suggest looking more into FreeNAS or unRAID just to give yourself the power without the big-time cost of the larger Synology systems.

[Err0r_Head]

Sounds like trying the 2 drive synology is where to start. I'll see what happens and upgrade as needed.