Thecus NAS Synchronized With Dropbox

Thecus Technology Corp. has developed a new service for its NAS: cloud backup.

Synchronize your NAS with a personal Dropbox account and the local Dropbox folder will automatically be saved in the cloud. Data is safe both in the NAS and the cloud at the same time. Since Dropbox is directly embedded by the Thecus developers Team, it benefits from speed and memory usage optimizations.
 
One more level of safety
Data is much safer within a NAS than, let’s say, a single hard disk. There is RAID protection, Dual DOM, warnings system and so on. But sometimes, even the best machines can fail. In this case, there had better have planned a backup solution. What if a flood reaches the datacenter and your NAS get under water? Or a burglar comes into the office and steals hard drives?

Now, data can be duplicated on a remote cloud server. Even when an accident occurs with the NAS, all the information can be retrievable from anywhere in the world.

Sending files to Dropbox makes them available from any other linked computer or mobile device. Instead of carrying a potentially lost USB stick with you to a customer, just send everything to a NAS and data will appear on Dropbox account.
 
Dropbox offers other features: public folder, images sharing, version history, bandwidth optimization, etc. The full list is available on the Dropbox website .
 
Even with all the advantages Dropbox has to offer, cloud storage also got a couple of drawbacks. For more intensive usages and heavier files, it’s faster and more affordable to use a NAS connected to a local network, without broadband bandwidth limitations. And from time to time, remote servers or internet connections can fail. "It is not difficult to create something that looks like cloud storage. It is very difficult, however, to create a cloud that is truly scalable, reliable and always available."

Using a hybrid solution, such as a Thecus NAS paired with Dropbox, will help prevent those issues. This feature is now supported by Thecus on the 64-bit firmware and will be deployed on the 32-bit firmware in a couple of weeks.
   
Compatible models
N8900V/N12000V/N16000V/N8900/N12000/N16000

To get the module (firmware 64-bit v2.01.00 or above required)