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Which drives to get for new ReadyNas?
So I need a new NAS. This is going to be expensive... TL:DR at bottom of post A bit of background info first. I have an NVX Business edition that I've had for a little over 2 years. I got it wit...
When setting up a backup job from NAS to NAS you should enable both NFS and Rsync in the file format on both machines. CIFS is used for file transfer to and from a Windows machine, not between NAS units.
Reviewing my backup jobs set up on my NV+ (NAS3, IP 192.168.1.203) pulling from my NVX2 (NAS2, IP 192.168.1.202). On the NV+ backup job, the backup source is set to Remote:Rsync server. (Note: for the first backup it should be Remote:NFS server for the increased speed). The host name is set to the IP of the source, 192.168.1.202. The path is set to the share name being backed up. I do not have unique userid and passwords on the source, so those fields are blank. For destination NAS (NAS3) the destination is set to the share to which the backup is going. All other fields are blank.
But, you also have to set up other items. In order to do the initial backup with NFS, for each share being backed up, on the source NAS, you should enable NFS as read/write and check the box in front of "Hosts allowed access" and enter the IP of the NAS pulling the files. Without this, the source NAS will not allow access to the files. You will also need to do the same thing for rsync for the incremental backups. Rsync is very fast for the incremental as it only copies over the changes in the files rather than the entire file again. It synchronizes the files on the two systems. It does copy new files added to the source and will delete from the backup NAS files that have been deleted from the source, but only if that box is checked on the job settings.
If you are still getting an error when testing the connection, post back with the settings you have on the two machines.
Reviewing my backup jobs set up on my NV+ (NAS3, IP 192.168.1.203) pulling from my NVX2 (NAS2, IP 192.168.1.202). On the NV+ backup job, the backup source is set to Remote:Rsync server. (Note: for the first backup it should be Remote:NFS server for the increased speed). The host name is set to the IP of the source, 192.168.1.202. The path is set to the share name being backed up. I do not have unique userid and passwords on the source, so those fields are blank. For destination NAS (NAS3) the destination is set to the share to which the backup is going. All other fields are blank.
But, you also have to set up other items. In order to do the initial backup with NFS, for each share being backed up, on the source NAS, you should enable NFS as read/write and check the box in front of "Hosts allowed access" and enter the IP of the NAS pulling the files. Without this, the source NAS will not allow access to the files. You will also need to do the same thing for rsync for the incremental backups. Rsync is very fast for the incremental as it only copies over the changes in the files rather than the entire file again. It synchronizes the files on the two systems. It does copy new files added to the source and will delete from the backup NAS files that have been deleted from the source, but only if that box is checked on the job settings.
If you are still getting an error when testing the connection, post back with the settings you have on the two machines.
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