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Back Up nasPro4 to nasPro4 via WAN - best way & software?
Hello I hope I am posting in the correct area :) I have a job of setting up two LAN SOHO networks at different geographical locations for a husband & wife who both run their own businesses. E...
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Many thanks for your help and advice....
The guide's a little dated in that the way you configure things in Frontview has been simplified since then, that's all. It's still a very useful guide. You should also note that Rsync over SSH is an alternative to using Rsync over a VPN.
Replicate is a good option. Each Pro 4 will need a desktop Replicate license. With this you can backup data from NAS A to NAS B and data from NAS B to NAS A. You can configure as many jobs as you want to do this.
am I correct in thinking I will only need 2 replicate licenses and not four?
Whichever way you go, to get consistent backups I'd suggest setting up some snapshot space and backing up the snapshot. With Rsync you'd backup sharename-snap.
good idea I will look into this, I'm guessing snapshot is similar to ghosting a PC
With Replicate (this uses Rsync, btw) when configuring the backup job you can configure the amount of snapshot space to use (you are limited by the snapshot space on the source NAS).
A key advantage of Replicate is having multiple versions of files and using a secure software VPN (no need to open any ports on your router)
cheers
irishkeet
Many thanks for your help and advice....
The guide's a little dated in that the way you configure things in Frontview has been simplified since then, that's all. It's still a very useful guide. You should also note that Rsync over SSH is an alternative to using Rsync over a VPN.
Replicate is a good option. Each Pro 4 will need a desktop Replicate license. With this you can backup data from NAS A to NAS B and data from NAS B to NAS A. You can configure as many jobs as you want to do this.
am I correct in thinking I will only need 2 replicate licenses and not four?
Whichever way you go, to get consistent backups I'd suggest setting up some snapshot space and backing up the snapshot. With Rsync you'd backup sharename-snap.
good idea I will look into this, I'm guessing snapshot is similar to ghosting a PC
With Replicate (this uses Rsync, btw) when configuring the backup job you can configure the amount of snapshot space to use (you are limited by the snapshot space on the source NAS).
A key advantage of Replicate is having multiple versions of files and using a secure software VPN (no need to open any ports on your router)
cheers
irishkeet
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