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Posted by: BigH47 on 11 July 2016
I have just seen an advert for Lima device which connects to home network router and allows files to be stored on a separate hard drive.
This also allows "all" your devices to be able to access and store files like a Cloud system but only on your own network, so there is no company holding your data.
It seems like a good idea at $99, as every time I purchase iCloud storage all I seem to get is "run out of space" messages very soon after. Apple's version seems very difficult for me, editing/house keeping seems very illogical.
Any one using Lima or any other similar system ?
Any views welcome, but in plain English please! 
I just run a couple of high capacity NASs which can be seen by any device on my network. Is this the sort of thing you aiming for?
Cloud storage itself - your data on some server somewhere, managed by someone else - seems like a good idea for backup (but not home music play), except that it has always seemed ridiculously expensive compared to a hard disk in a caddy, or somesuch.
But this sounds different: does this mean making one or more of your own home storage devices HDD on your home network available through the internet to any of your own devices anywhere else? I thought that was possible with many modems - it is with mine, though I've never wanted to do so - without paying anything. However perhaps this is to do with making that available to phones etc, not just computers, which might require something different?
Yes Howard, a NAS is what you want. I can't see quite what advantage the Lima might have over one. For that purpose have a look at the QNAP HS251, which seems very well liked on here & I use for backup. Other makes are available!
I've never bothered with it, but I'm pretty sure a Synology NAS will do this too, I think they call it QuickConnect (remote access to files over the internet) and CloudStation (access over your LAN.)
Correct - Synology QuickConnect (remote access to files over the internet) & CloudStation (access over your LAN.)
I don't use it myself, but I've set up QuickConnect for someone who uses it for business purposes.
I already have a NAS, HP Proliant with 2 X 2 TB drives. This is where my music and some pictures and files lives. Only back up for NAS is the RAID, I know that isn't actually back up.
I was looking to get another Hard drive maybe 5Tb for back up purposes.
My main point about the bought iCloud for my phone and iPad is that the cloud allowance keeps filling up and it seems next to impossible to manage.
Lima claims that it will allow access to my files now on the back up drive to be accessible to all my devices (Apple and MS I think) to access these files on my network and via web if required. So if I read this right pictures will be stored and filed on hard drive and not on the iPhone or other devices.
This solution seems different to my present understanding, but as any one who knows me will tell that isn't too deep.
BigH47 posted:I already have a NAS, HP Proliant with 2 X 2 TB drives. This is where my music and some pictures and files lives. Only back up for NAS is the RAID, I know that isn't actually back up.
Why not consider a WD "My Passport Ultra" for back up. It's a pocket sized portable USB drive, available in 0.5, 1, 2 & 3TB. Its pretty much plug 'n play, I don't know HP Proliant s/w but is P+P on Synology & QNAP. It took about an hour or so to load up my NAS collection, then I plug it in for an update when I've added some new albums as & when convenient, 2 minutes later it's finished & it goes back in the safe. 2 x 2TB in RAID-1 is 2TB, or if you want more go for the 3TB. £80 for 2TB £100 for 3TB from the usual www stores.
I think that as well as desire for NAS backup, the OP is querying the suitability/function of a product that apparently allows data on mobile devices such as phones to be stored seemlessly from the device to a disk on the home network, with the devices working as normally, just backed up to home instead of backed up to a limited capacity/costly online 'cloud' service.
Reading the Lima blurb, you still need to buy hard storage, WD My Passport fits that bill as well so add that to my post above.
Innocent Bystander posted:I think that as well as desire for NAS backup, the OP is querying the suitability/function of a product that apparently allows data on mobile devices such as phones to be stored seemlessly from the device to a disk on the home network, with the devices working as normally, just backed up to home instead of backed up to a limited capacity/costly online 'cloud' service.
I find Dropbox to be a good way of storing and syncing data on the cloud and multiple devices, especially if folders are linked to it on your computer using a 3rd party app called MacDropAny. What it does well is exactly what I thought Apple iCloud would do, but at which it seems to fail miserably. But that is still cloud, as well as local storage, which may not be what the OP wants.