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ReadyNAS Rync Backup
I know there is much discussion on this topic however I can't find a direct answer.. I'm attempting a backup via GUI from a 4312 and a 4360 NAS and am using the backup ui to do so. I have a pull jo...
ReadyDR will copy the snapshots. The only thing with ReadyDR, though, is that you don't get a usable share on the target device, you just get snapshots. So, if you need to get access to files, you have to clone a snapshot, which does not include the snapshots before it. Those snapshots from earlier are still there in the ReadyDR target, but switching to the backup NAS in the event of disaster on the main one is not made easy by all this.
Sandshark wrote:
ReadyDR will copy the snapshots. The only thing with ReadyDR, though, is that you don't get a usable share on the target device, you just get snapshots. So, if you need to get access to files, you have to clone a snapshot, which does not include the snapshots before it. Those snapshots from earlier are still there in the ReadyDR target, but switching to the backup NAS in the event of disaster on the main one is not made easy by all this.
Yes.
Since I want a highly available backup, I don't use ReadyDR. But if you have 2x the capacity on the 4360, you could potentially do both - mirror the shares with Rsync (no snapshots in the mirror), combined with ReadyDR for snapshot backup.
Thanks for the responses - I went ahead and went with an hourly rsync for all shares. Don't have the option of a secondary copy/system for the ReadyDR approach needed a solution that I can cutover in minutes should the primary fail. The 4312 and 4360 are connected via a bus class 1gbit switch and the rsync's are quite quick. I was considering purchasing a 10G switch as both has 10G capability but not sure it would be worth it as the rsync job after full rsync runs well below even 1 Gb speed.
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