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How do I run a centralized backup job on a synology nas for multiple computers?
I have a dozen computers in a Windows workgroup at the office. Can I use a Synology NAS or some other inexpensive product to run centrally managed backup software and backup files in shared folders on all these computers? This is a very simple task which I've been accomplishing by running Windows NTBackup program on one XP machine for 6+ years, and I don't want to rely on this old XP machine to do backups anymore.
Although there are backup tools available to backup the NAS (to other NAS, the cloud, LAN locations, or external disks attached to the NAS), I don't think there is any tool to backup other devices to the NAS from the NAS. That isn't the point of a NAS.
I also don't see why you need to backup the PC's, the users should rather store their data on the NAS themselves in the first place, and not locally on the PC's. If they use notebooks and need to access the data from out of the Office, and the NAS hasn't been setup to be reached from the internet, then you can install a sync utility on the PC (there are many available) that automatically sync the laptop's data with the NAS.
I also don't see why you need to backup the PC's, the users should rather store their data on the NAS themselves in the first place, and not locally on the PC's. If they use notebooks and need to access the data from out of the Office, and the NAS hasn't been setup to be reached from the internet, then you can install a sync utility on the PC (there are many available) that automatically sync the laptop's data with the NAS.
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I've found that SyncBackPro can do what I need. It can run on a networked PC and pull files from the other networked PCs to save through its automatic backups. We have our files distributed around the network to avoid a single point of failure situation.
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