With the ability to daisy-chain devices (such as $1,200 8TB LaCie Quadra RAID systems) together, administrators can access more than 20TB of affordable Time Machine storage, too. This thread reminds me why I don't recommend the Time Capsule. The disk should be easily removable and ideally there should be two running RAID-1. I have 3 Macs and wouldn't buy a Time Capsule. Apple should realise that making something small isn't always a good thing. The time Capsule would need to be jailbroken and modified to get RAID drivers into that software stack. It would probably be easier to physically remove the drives and build a new enclosure that can support RAID with the drives and then either connect that to the network or somehow connect the controller to the hopefully still functioning Time Capsule via USB. Power Down & Peel Off: Disconnect your Time Capsule’s power cord and any ethernet cables you’ve.
Apple Time Capsule Ios
I have been reading about Time Capsule and that some earlier version were unreliable
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/09/my-tr...ent-backup-ap/
Some people suggested that it could be power fluctuation causing the demise of the TimeCapsules, may be attaching a UPS/Power-filter would help.
Also read in a few places about TimeMachine causing weird problems on people's Macs and the problems go away if the TM service is stopped.
Would anyone recommend using a Time Capsule as a NAS and add an external drive to its USB port as RAID to backup the content of the Time Capsule? Or would it be better to go with something like a NetGear ReadyNas with two bays with built-in mirroring?
I assume one can use Disk Utility to create a RAID mirror with the ext USB drive just as one can do with an internal drive in a MacPro?
Alternatively, am thinking of using an old PowerMac MacPro as the file server and have a second internal drive as a RAID mirror. Question is ... what is the best way to have a rotatinng off site backup? Preferrably incremental, so not having to clone the 'data' drive completely all the time.