I am currently using 5 hard drives for file storage in my Windows machine.
(2) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 : 3000.5 GB [1/1/0, pd1]
(3) Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 : 2000.3 GB [2/2/0, pd1]
(4) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 : 3000.5 GB [3/2/0, pd1]
(5) Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 : 2000.3 GB [4/2/0, pd1]
(6) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 : 3000.5 GB [5/2/0, pd1]
I back these up manually via USB 3.0 SATA connection. Very time consuming and not always done timely.
I have a core 2 duo quad core machine that is not in use.
What I am thinking about is putting the backup hard drives that I current keep in a toolbox and putting them in the quad core machine and loading FreeNas on a thumb drive, or USB hard drive, and using this as my Windows data backup.
Is is a good idea?
I am very new to FreeNas. This would also require me to find a Windows backup program capable of this task.
(2) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 : 3000.5 GB [1/1/0, pd1]
(3) Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 : 2000.3 GB [2/2/0, pd1]
(4) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 : 3000.5 GB [3/2/0, pd1]
(5) Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 : 2000.3 GB [4/2/0, pd1]
(6) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 : 3000.5 GB [5/2/0, pd1]
I back these up manually via USB 3.0 SATA connection. Very time consuming and not always done timely.
I have a core 2 duo quad core machine that is not in use.
What I am thinking about is putting the backup hard drives that I current keep in a toolbox and putting them in the quad core machine and loading FreeNas on a thumb drive, or USB hard drive, and using this as my Windows data backup.
Is is a good idea?
I am very new to FreeNas. This would also require me to find a Windows backup program capable of this task.