Can replicate make 1:1 clone?

Can replicate make 1:1 clone?

not the way you desire.

The backup is a bit for bit backup of your data and config, but the backup device itself only stores the backup, it does not run or 'mirror' the source.

LCL wrote:
What It looks like with Replicate is that I can make a full backup of NAS1 but if NAS1 explodes I need to replace it and then restore the backup from NAS2 to the new one... that will not work for me as it will take time to get a replacement if I dont just have a third PRO 6..

exactly, you must restore the replicated backup before you can use it.

Thank you for your reply,
Any tips on what I can do with these two PRO 6 I have to make some type of redundancy if one fails?

really it depends on the kind of data your storing and replicating.

assuming nas1 fails and you have to get up and working with nas2 asap, you could do something like this, provided you have sufficient space on the backup device:

simply copy (not move) the data from the replicate backup share to a share same name as source, then point your users/dns/ip to nas2

for example:
source nas1 (192.168.1.101) share = //nas1/documents
replicate destination nas2 (192.168.1.102) share = //nas2/replicate/nas1/documents

nas1 fails
on nas 2, create share //nas2/documents
create frontview backup job:
- source local folder /replicate/nas1/documents
- destination local folder /documents
depending on amount of data, it should go pretty quick since its simply a local file copy from one folder to another
once data is copied to nas2/documents then you can either change your dns/ip from nas1 to nas2 so that nas2 appears as nas1 to your users.

this is all very simplistic, and many factors could complicate it, like if running AD or using local users, or if your replicating iscsi luns, and I'm sure other things depending on data and how you use it.

I see good idea, well the usage of the nas is to connect it to hyper-v cluster and use it as space for websites, few VM etc.
I believe we are going for iscsi for the hyper-v.

So I guess iscsi and NFS/CIFS are the only thing the NAS will handle.

well, replicate is not really all that well suited to backing up live-running VM's or iscsi lun's, you may want to research other solutions for those situations.

to put it in perspective, a replicate backup of live VM's or iscsi lun's is a point in time snapshot of the running image. To try to use that backup image would be as if it went from a power on state to losing the power, then trying to turn the power back on and resume as if nothing happened, which does not work like it in reality. (Because not your not suspend/resuming from the backup image, your turning off the power while running, then trying to reboot it.)