WHS backup and file server

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MetalDwarf

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So I am building a WHS for my small business backup. I have 4 workstations that I want backed up. We currently have one machine that acts as a workstation/server of sorts. It hosts a lot of shared documents that the other workstations access via file sharing.

My question is, should each computer simply backup to the WHS, or should the WHS act as a file server which all 4 workstations network too.

I am leaning towards backup only as if the fileserver/backup died somehow, all of the active files would be gone along with the backups. the workstations wouldn't have local copies so everything is gone. does my thinking make sense?
 
A server (WHS or otherwise) should be that, a server. Move all the files etc to shared folders on the WHS and connect each PC/workstation to WHS for file access and backups. Done.
 
MetalDwarf said:
I am leaning towards backup only as if the fileserver/backup died somehow, all of the active files would be gone along with the backups. the workstations wouldn't have local copies so everything is gone. does my thinking make sense?
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Turning duplication on will solve this issue in case a drive died that had data on it.

Of course, none of what is above is really a good backup solution for a business. You should be considering some sort of media to rotate off-site - be it daily tape backups, external HDD(s), or other.
 
Setup the WHS as the document store and use either a RAID 1 or drive duplication and then back it up to a external drive once a week that you take home or send home with an employee. Sign up for an online backup solution which are super cheap $5 a month or so(carbonite, backblaze) and sleep well at night knowing your covered.
 
how would you configure backblaze for a WHS. I've heard of people having issues with services such as carbonite. I'd love to use backblaze on my WHS if theres a simple easy way to set it up.
 
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