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ReadyNAS 2304 - AWS S3 Backup process
Four 10T drives were setup in RAID 10 with 18+T useable. There is 8T worth of Data in the drives. Started the Amazon S3 backup process and it took 5 days to backup 4 T out of the 8T. If I man...
We have the same NAS unit. I just am finishing up the configuration and I am thinking about using either Amazon (or Backblaze for the lower cost) to back the NAS up. So I am interested in seeing your progress.
I am not much concerned with how long it takes to do an initial backup, but what is of more concern is getting the data back. I have searched this community but haven't seen anything and maybe you might share with me anything you have read.
Based on the times you are seeing (without knowing how much bandwidth you have) I think it would be time-prohibitive to reload a NAS from Amazon S3 (if that's even possible) vs reloading individual hosts, starting with the most critical ones first.
This all leaves me wondering if it would be prudent to skip the cloud and just get another identical NAS, located in a separate building but still on our local net, and keep it synced. Or just skip the cloud backup completely.
I would appreciate any thought you might have given to disaster recovery. Short of that, please do continue to post your experience with Amazon.
A second NAS would certainly be much faster for recovery, and you could even simply change the backup to the primary for quick user access if you keep the contents in sync. In another building is good, but you still need to evaluate the impact of a major disaster like hurricane, tornado, wildfire, flood, etc. if your region is subject to those, especially if you have any regulatory or contractual backup requirements.
The absolute best, of course, would be to have both. A local backup for quick recovery and cloud for a major disaster. You might be able to be more selective in what goes to the cloud if you have local as well. Basically, if your facility is destroyed in a flood, just how much will you need? You probably won't need it really quickly.
My backup plan is local NAS for everything and remote NAS 3 states away for critical stuff via a VPN.
Sandshark wrote:
The absolute best, of course, would be to have both. A local backup for quick recovery and cloud for a major disaster.
I agree on that. I use a combination of local and cloud myself - though in my case the cloud backup is running on a PC that has the NAS volume mounted as a network drive. Many of the cloud backup solutions don't support that.
You could look into egynte - their solution runs on the NAS. No idea on their solution (or pricing) compares with amazon cloud, but there are folks here who use them.
I agree with the assessments. I will probably get a 2nd NAS located in a nearby building still on our fiber backbone. The cost of the 2304 is low enough, and I like the idea of having a hardware backup for the case (not just the disks). So when the Netgear discontinues the 2304 and I have a hardware failure I won't have to shop on EBay for a replacement lol.
I will probably do the cloud backup as well, if I can keep the long term cost down. Looking at Backblaze and will check out egynte as well. It's a good idea to have everything off site. But my most likely disasters are theft and fire. We are in hurricane country (Houston) but there's alwlays a warning so I'll just take the NAS with me, cover up the rest of the equipment, and evacuate. I've done that a few times already. Not reallly worried about tornadoes and floods, but with the cloud backup I won't be tempting fate.
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