I'm looking for a system that provides software for full disk recovery for windows and Apple. Does synology offer full disk recovery?
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Synology supports Time Machine, and you could perform a complete restore using the Recovery HD or USB (Carbon Copy Cloner has a sweet tool that does this), or Install CD. I have never had the need, nor taken the time, to test this. I use Time Machine at work, to a DS713+, for 3 MBP's, an iMac, and a Mini. I personally use Carbon Copy Clone for controlled cloning/restores (cloning direct to HD, and restores from my 411Slim). I use Acronis True Image Home (ATIH) for Windows 7 & 8 to the 411Slim, and have performed a complete restore from the 411Slim, and the ATIH recovery CD, on Windows 7. I also use EASEUS ToDo to a DS213 (I have never had the need to do a full restore, but have a ToDo recovery CD created). I have tested Genie 9 Timeline 2012, which is sort of like Time Machine. It has options for complete disk or data backups, but I only tested the data with versioning. Synology has a tool named Data Replicator that I still need to test.
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My Synology DS1511+ is connected to a Synology DX513. This gives me 10 drive bays. I've separated those into 2 drive sets. One is setup as two LUN's for long term image storage (we are a photography business). The other is setup as a volume that hosts several shares including one for my Time Machine backups. With the redundant drives we don't backup the data that is stored on the NAS. It's too big to copy up to a cloud service. We DO make copies of critical images to an external USB drive that then gets put into a fireproof safe for safe keeping. On a setup like this we rely on there never being more than one drive that fails at any given moment. Sure the odds "can" work against us but in the long run those are looooong odds. One does need to keep in mind that once a drive does fail replacing it immediately is paramount! Having a NAS is all about risk vs cost management. Everyone's happy ratio of these two will be different.
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I have excellent results with mine but I'm an MSDOS guy. About Mac, I know nothing. Have you talked to Mustek? Maybe there is a driver that will help. I had a problem with a RAID drive that seems to have been cured with a new driver.
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I'm only using the one drive it came with right now. It might have software raid. You can ask the seller via their support link at deepdiscountservers.com.
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I use Raid 1, but I think they have raid 0 as well.By default they use an automatic mode called Synology Hybrid Raid that handles raid levels for you, that what I have and I have configured and so far I have seen no problems.Written in Panama City, Panama, on May 26 2013.
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I am looking for a back up drive and something I can use to transfer my Itunes and pics/videos from my PC to my Macbook. Is this the product I need to do both? Thanks for your help!
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Yes, a full install. I don't think Apple ever did the Windows thing of getting a disc that only works with the bought computer. If they did, it was a long time ago and is not the case anymore.
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The Western Digital software that you download to help you to access the drive does have a back up protocol in it. This is the best system for a home user or small business user to buy, whether they use a Windows based or Apple based operating system.
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I run mine with the bays partially full. 3 is certainly the magic number for RAID5 and Synology's proprietary striping method.
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I use SHR (Synology Hybrid Raid) for ease and simplicity. Behaving fine since I booted it up. http://www.synology.com/products/spec.php?product_name=DS213%2B〈=us#p_submenu
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I don't know what a recovery disk is. All I can say is that I'm very happy with the product, have had no problems with it at all. It's better than I expected - very fast and far more powerful than what I could have afforded for a new tower. I'm totally happy with it.
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I hadn't tried the provided software(i don't know which one was provided) as i had used OSXs Disk utility to clone/restore that. Hope that helps.
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It does according to this: http://www.synology.com/support/faq_show.php?lang=us&q;_id=408
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Dear Friend, we are not sure whether the item support the Synology or not, we can only ensure it support Windows XP and Windows 7, thank you!
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No, but you get recovery media for Windows 8.1 Pro. You could always create your own recovery disks and also use a backup service. This is a fantastic laptop that comes with a good price. I bought mine last month with 16 gigs of ram and I just love it. There's no bloatware installed, the hardware works like it is supposed to at blazing speeds, and it's a nice looking laptop.
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Maybe what you are looking for is an ioSafe fireproof/waterproof drive with a built in Synology NAS? A little expensive, but ready to go: ioSafe 214 Fire and Waterproof NAS/RAID Storage Solution
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I believe they may have added Macintosh support since the time I bought mine, because on the Maxtor Site, under the Software Downloads section for the "Shared Storage Family", it lists some Macintosh software. That being said, I would heavily recommend using the included back-up software (which I find to be extremely unreliable) and provide your own back-up software.