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Sync to USB drive instead of clear and full backup
Is there a way to sync a folder on the ReadyNAS to an USB drive instead of having it cleared and fully backuped? I have a large share on the NAS and a 2 TB USB drive attached. On this share new files...
local rsync backup would be a good feature. I suggest posting it in the idea exchange ( https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-storage?topic-zoom=&sort-by=&date-range=all )
Okay, although it failed (i've setup it to backup to the /USB, but it used the backuped up share name so it run out of space), but copying nearly 1 TB took 80 hours. I've tested before copying data NAS->USB via the admin UI and it took about 40 minutes to transfer 100 GB, so the overhead of doing it the recommended way is over 10 times which is unacceptable. Any chance we get local rsync in an update? Or maybe a local rsync backup can be easily hacked through ssh?
local rsync backup would be a good feature. I suggest posting it in the idea exchange ( https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-storage?topic-zoom=&sort-by=&date-range=all )
Sync instead of backup to USB
Rsync to a USB attached drive instructions are here:
Check Pixel81 instructions. They work. I could not get the input to accept "FILES & FOLDERS TO BE EXCLUDED:
- Select the ‘+’, enter the following in the “Name:” text box, select ‘Apply’:
/data/._share" But other than that , it works for me. Way Way better than the backup feature... I just wanted a sync'd USB drive, formatted NTFS so I can remove the drive and plug into any machine.Peace
Bruce in Philly
Bruce_In_Philly wrote:
Check Pixel81 instructions. They work
Yes, you can use localhost and a remote rsync destination.
Though that's not quite the same as being purely local rsync (which you can't do).
Bruce_In_Philly wrote:
I could not get the input to accept "FILES & FOLDERS TO BE EXCLUDED:
You no longer need that bit anyway.
That's what I did, but it was painfully slow. Apparently, rsync works different when working over the network and locally and doing it using "localhost" as a target causes to much overhead.
GL1zdA wrote:
That's what I did, but it was painfully slow. Apparently, rsync works different when working over the network and locally and doing it using "localhost" as a target causes to much overhead.
Possibly, though rsync uses a lot of CPU resources, and it might have been slow locally too.
Either way, a lot of users want to use rsync locally to USB, and the localhost work-around is clumbsy.
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