Data transfer NV+ (V1) - Ultra 6 Plus

AndrewL1963 - one thing many of us do once we upgrade to a faster NAS is wonder what to do with our old still functional friend. The answer is simple - make it your overnight backup device. While it is obvious that an NV+ cannot backup all the data on a maxed out 6 bay NAS, it can back up the critical and important information. You will get experience in the backup process when you use it to copy the data from the NV+ to the Ultra, so it will be relatively easy to just reverse the process so the Ultra becomes the primary and the NV+ is the backup target. Some consider selling the older units, but for what you can get for them, to me they are more valuable in a backup mode.

I have been in this situation for over two years now, knowing that my critical/important data is backed up automatically every night. I used to try to back up to an external drive at least once a week, but I wasn't always as timely as I liked. I have discovered that there is another benefit when I once really messed up a file and wanted to start over. I simply deleted the messed up file, copied it back from the backup to the primary and started over. Never fall into the trap of working on a file on the backup in that situation. Many have discovered, including some IT pros that should know better, that when you mess up the backup file, you are up that famous unsanitary tributary without visible means of locomotion.