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Remote Server for a Startup

tekton23 · 2016-11-09 11:59:33

Hi, Can anyone suggest a cost effective remote server that could be used for our startup business? We work in a creative industry, so have many and sometimes fairly large files to store. My business partner and I work 2-3 days a week in our office and 2-3 at home. We need to constantly share files and it would be great if…

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S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite

10 November 2016 at 2:26PM

Roughly how much data are we talking about?

Looks like you might want to set up a VPN + NAS

VPN = you connect remotely to your office network like you are in the office.

Have everything on the local NAS drive. Some routers and even NAS boxes (Qnap NAS boxes come to mind) have VPN capabilities built in so it's easy to set up.

You can have a 2nd NAS off-site, which syncs backups of the NAS + all connected PC's/ Laptops.

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Sol

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