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ReadyNAS Question Before Purchase
I currently have a ReadyNAS 628X in my home which is working well. Other than the RAID 5 setup, I don't have a true backup solution. I am considering purchasing a second ReadyNAS to use as my backu...
I also have a ReadyNAS 628X in my home. I use a ReadyNAS 516 as a backup NAS. I have created automatic backup jobs on the 516 that run once a week. I only turn the 516 on automatically to run the backup jobs. One job for each share. I attempted to backup remotely until my Comcast 1TB montly data limit was reached so I had to come up with a different plan. Netgear has discontinued support for the remote backup software anyway. I also have a Western Digital 16 TB external drive that I keep in a fire proof safe that I use for monthly backups in place of a externaly stored backups. This is a manual process though.
I have turned off all snapshots. They are only good for incremental data backup anyway. I have no need for this and they take up way to much space. If you go to the Shares tab, and then select the share you want to change. On the far right side of the screen there is a gear icon that you can select settings. The snapshot settings can be found there.
Good Luck
I use a VPN to perform remote backups. Since the backup drive is at my brother's house, and I don't want to put all of his hoouse on a VPN with mine, I use ZeroTier, which is loaded to each NAS. The ReadyNAS app available on GitHub is old, but still works; or you can install it via SSH and instructions on the ZeroTier site, If you have the ability to set up the remote location on a VPN, then there are other solutions that work.
Rsync over SSH is yet another option. I don't use it myself, so can't give any hints, but here is a link to a Netgear KB article on the subject: https://kb.netgear.com/29929/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Setting-up-a-backup-job-with-rsync-over-SSH
I've never tried to use a VPN. With Zero Tier do you basically make the remote NAS and your local NAS appear to be on the same local network? You mentioned an old ReadyNAS app. Is that also needed along with Zero Tier?
So I guess the built in remote backup option was called ReadyNAS Replicate? I believe it is still being supported, but only to existing users? It probably wouldn't let me register a new account.
Brother! Why would they take away a nice option to backup your NAS remotely? I guess they want you to use their paid cloud storage.
So I looked at the backup tab and it lists "File Backup" and "ReadyDR". I guess those two methods only work on a local network?
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