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Has anyone used Acronis True Image over the network to a Buffalo TeraStation Pro II NAS ?
I have a number of SBS 2003 clients who have outgrown their tape drives. I want to use Acronis True Image for Small Business Server because of the hardware independant restore facility. I want to locate Buffalo TeraStation Pro II devices on the network. I have had problems with SBS 2003 Backup not recognizing a NAS device unless the NAS supported iSCSI so SBS could be fooled into thinking it was a tape drive. The problem is the iSCSI versionso of the Buffalo are a full 35% more expensive. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions, keeping in mind my goals are cost (SMB clients), hardware independant restore, and connection over the network and not USB. Thank you
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On our Windows 2003 server we mapped our Buffalo TeraStation Live Station NAS to a drive letter and backup directlly.
We have a gigabit network and we backup after all the user have gone home for the night.
This is a different unit than yours.
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We have a gigabit network and we backup after all the user have gone home for the night.
This is a different unit than yours.
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And are you using Acronis True Image backup software, and is the TeraStation Live Station NAS connected via USB or Ethernet?
Yes the TerraStation is connectted via ethernet and We are using Acronis True Image Server Edtion.
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We have our Terrastation using a fixed ip if that helps.
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