NAS Backup Software

[GordonTarling]

I've been using Acronis True Image to back the contents of our NAS to a hard drive connected to my PC. However, I'm not very happy with that software - it takes 12 hours to back up 460gb! - so, I'm looking for alternative software that doesn't cost a fortune, is available in a trial version and is easy to use! Any suggestions welcome.

 

[Colin_b]

I've been using Acronis True Image to back the contents of our NAS to a hard drive connected to my PC. However, I'm not very happy with that software - it takes 12 hours to back up 460gb! - so, I'm looking for alternative software that doesn't cost a fortune, is available in a trial version and is easy to use! Any suggestions welcome.

Acronis is excellent, I doubt its that causing the slow transfer.

Is the NAS on a network, if so is it running at a gigabyte? If its 100mbps, then 12 hrs is about right.

 

[GordonTarling]

Colin - Yes, the NAS is on the network - I use it for all my storage. Although the network itself is a gigabit network, I don't think that the NAS itself supports gigabit. Maybe I need to look at connecting a USB drive to the NAS for backup.

 

[John_geek]

I suggest Handy Backup, it's a reliable and easy to use NAS backup software.

 

[Rory]

Colin - Yes, the NAS is on the network - I use it for all my storage. Although the network itself is a gigabit network, I don't think that the NAS itself supports gigabit. Maybe I need to look at connecting a USB drive to the NAS for backup.

Mine is Gb all the way through but if anything I'd say it's even slower than you quoted - a full backup of my laptop with 120GB in use takes about 3hours (using Acronis).

My NAS box has a USB connection too and this is WAY faster.

There's an LAN speed test utility here: LAN Speed Test - Reviews and free LAN Speed Test downloads at CNET Download.com

I ran the speed test and got 40Mbps write and 150Mbps read.