I have a time capsule connected via ethernet cable to a velop network (3 nodes). I use the TC strictly for time machine. That TC is now 4 years old and I am concerned about failure. How can I attach a new external drive to Velop (Velop has no USB connection only Ethernet) to fulfill a purely time machine backup role.?
Synology systems are available as pre-packaged, or as boxes where you configure the required storage.
CAD$400 for both a NAS box and storage seems reasonable. That’s not that are off a 3 TB Time Capsule (USD$379, ~CAD$500, and no longer manufactured), and most any the Synology supports twice the internal disks as the Time Capsule.
If you want cheap, hang some hard disks directly off the Macs.
If you have your own hardware available, see if FreeNAS will work for you.
Synology systems are available as pre-packaged, or as boxes where you configure the required storage.
CAD$400 for both a NAS box and storage seems reasonable. That’s not that are off a 3 TB Time Capsule (USD$379, ~CAD$500, and no longer manufactured), and most any the Synology supports twice the internal disks as the Time Capsule.
If you want cheap, hang some hard disks directly off the Macs.
If you have your own hardware available, see if FreeNAS will work for you.
Take a look at the Network Attached Storage (NAS) products available from Synology, which do support Time Machine backups. The NAS connects to your network exactly the same way that the Time Capsule (which is a simple NAS device) does.
https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/nas_selector
Thank you for the reply. The two household MBP's have resident data at 600Gig+. From what I see Synology NAS start at $200CAD for 512 Gigb (too small - no room for extra storage in a different folder) and then jump right up to $400CAD for 2Tb. Expensive. So I wonder if I am buying something that is designed for considerably more than my Time Machine purpose. Also not sure about ethernet connection vs usb depending on model (Synology site is light on specs?). Would a LaCie array be better for me with a more affordable price/reliability ratio?
connecting an ethernet drive to velop and using it for time machine
