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Dec 12, 2010

Compression for FrontView Backup

Hi,

I'm voting for a file compression option for FrontView Backup! :)
Reason is, I have a lot of executables and documents stored on the NAS (2100), as well as big iSCSI-files, which would all be heavily compressible. At the moment, I'm backing up to an ext3-formatted 2TB-USB-drive, which is getting too small if I can't compress during the backup.

Is an implementation planned for a future Raidiator-Release? I wouldn't mind increased backup times as a result of a slow NAS-CPU.
What do you think?

Thanks!

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gibxxi
Guide
Mar 19, 2012
I know what you mean. Out of 5.4TB available space on my NAS, I'm using 26% (1,452GB) and backing this up to the drives in my PC is a PITA! However, I've also only got one free socket in the UPS, which is reserved for "occasional" devices like joysticks etc., so i don't really want an external drive's power brick connected to it 24/7. I've got a removable drive caddy in the main PC which I am planning to press into use as a singular backup target for the NAS. But £150 for a single hard drive is a lot of money, and neither of the companies that currently produce 3/4TB HD's (Seagate / Hitachi) I have a lot of confidence with. Which comes full circle back to the issue of saving space on the drives you use for frontview backups. I'm currently just using Microsoft's in-built drive compression, but this is slow and there are better solutions out there... If only the NAS could make use of them.