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Connect two readynas 424
Hi, I was wondering if is possible to connect two readynas 424 remotely. We have two offices, one in Chicago and other in Bulgaria. And we want to have two readynas devices with the same data in each other for the two offices. I see that we have ReadyNas Replicate app, but is showing that "service is ending soon". So I was wondering is is possible to do it?
IvanAlteya wrote:
If I go to the Bidirectional sync I will have to by storage in the cloud services like google drive, because I need few terabytes of space.
Correct.
You could also look into Resilio Connect (or similar services). They don't use cloud storage, but I don't think their are any free ones. If you go that route, you'd probably want to install the needed agents on an always-on PC at both sites that have the local NAS data volume mounted to a drive letter.
Note I haven't used these myself. I do use Resilio Sync, and it often does run into some problems - mainly files that I delete on one device will often come back.
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Are you wanting to back up one machine to the other (for use in disaster recovery)?
Or are you trying to sync the NAS shares, with people in both offices using the shares?
IvanAlteya wrote:
I see that we have ReadyNas Replicate app,
Replicate is a backup service, and wouldn't be useful for sync.
You can create read-only copies of remote shares, using rsync back up jobs (rsync-over-ssh if you don't have a corporate VPN in place).
There is no built-in sync, but you could try using bidirectional sync to a cloud service like OneDrive, Google Drive, etc. But I'd test it carefully first. Bidirectional sync can result in conflicts, and you'll end up having to resolve them manually somehow.
Thanks StephenB for the help! I don't want to just back up the data. I want the two devices to be like one, but fiscally in two separate continents ( Synchronize them). The devices will have identical data(same file on two places), but stored separately. If I go to the Bidirectional sync I will have to by storage in the cloud services like google drive, because I need few terabytes of space.
IvanAlteya wrote:
If I go to the Bidirectional sync I will have to by storage in the cloud services like google drive, because I need few terabytes of space.
Correct.
You could also look into Resilio Connect (or similar services). They don't use cloud storage, but I don't think their are any free ones. If you go that route, you'd probably want to install the needed agents on an always-on PC at both sites that have the local NAS data volume mounted to a drive letter.
Note I haven't used these myself. I do use Resilio Sync, and it often does run into some problems - mainly files that I delete on one device will often come back.
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