The NAS is "practice" for getting this stuff off-site altogether. I have nightmares about losing all the work and time I've put into my photographic work. I currently have a 2 stage, nightly backup. One copy to a portable drive that I take with me on vacations and a second to the NAS.
-Lew Schwartz On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Lew Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, just got back from a vacation deep enough into the woods of Cape Cod > to > > be beyond paved roads. > > > It's good to hear there's still some of that on the Cape. I spent my > summers down in Plymouth and day-tripping up and down the cape. Great > memories. > > Is it time for me to upgrade? Does it matter? > > > Well, does it matter to you? > > We upgraded to N a while ago and appreciate the extra speed. However, there > was some hassle in getting everything to work with the new machines (you'll > likely want to change your WPA2 encryption codes) and you may find that > some devices are old enough that they only use the slower protocols. > Running a wireless access point with both the old and new protocols can > slow down some communications. Generally, it's better to upgrade or replace > the oldest stuff to get the best boost from the speed increase. > > Speed is an issue for me > > since I backup my photographic work to my NAS drive each night. > > > > If you have a routine task that moves a LOT of data from one place another > on the network, do yourself a favor and use the wired network for that > portion. 100 Mbit or gigabit wired is literally orders of magnitude faster > than wireless and gets the job done a lot quicker. We have a wired network > of immobile resources: printers, scanners, development servers and cable > run into some of the rooms, and we try to reserve the wireless traffic for > the mobile laptops and tablets. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cafuu78czdghjkahb1qmipastzzfufdfcdgy4motawh18vyj...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
