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Automatic backup/sync to an external USB drive
I want to have an up-to-date as possible copy of the data on an external drive that I can pull off and use directly from my Windows system. Do any of the ReadyNAS have the ability to automatically syn...
Thanks. It is too bad about the rsync, as I am looking at syncing about 2TB of data. The backup option seems like the best approach, and I'll have to live with a unprotected window.
How hard is it to have a linux script run? I could probably work something out there...
How hard is it to have a linux script run? I could probably work something out there...
sphardy wrote:
PapaBear wrote: The USB drives do not support NFS or rsync.
Have you confused the generic term "sync" as used by the OP with the "rsync" protocol? Also, USB drives can be access via NFS or rsync, just as they can be accessed via other protocols such as CIFS, AFP, FTP etc
@erick.thompson - simple answer is "Yes". ReadyNAS devices support USB drives formatted as FAT32, NTFS or EXT as stated by @PapaBear
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