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Using Time Capsule as a File Server

First I want to apologize if this question has already been asked/answered. I searched through the forum and did not see what I was looking for.

We recently got 2 new Mac's here at work and we need a file server (a place where 2 users can access the same files). We also need a separate drive as a backup that we can take off site. For years we have used a separate mac as a file server and connected to it, but the power supply recently failed and we thought maybe a separate mac isn't what we should be using as a file server.

Long question short...would it be possible to use two Time Capsules, one for a file server and one as a back up? The back up would have to back up the file server Time Capsule, not the computers connecting to it.

iMac intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Apr 14, 2008 7:47 AM

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Apr 19, 2008 11:31 AM in response to Kitch06

To answer your question, yes but I would not use two Time Capsules. Just purchase one Time Capsule and then one external hard drive (cheaper than a Time Capsule) and connect the hard drive to the Time Capsule via USB. You can use the Airport Utility to archive the contents of your Time Capsule to the external hard drive using the Archive feature ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1281).

In fact, it may be worth buying two external hard drives so you can keep one offsite in case of disaster, theft, etc. You then rotate the external hard drives weekly (or whatever you choose) so you always have a current backup offsite.

Using Time Capsule as a File Server

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