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JustKJ
Jan 13, 2023Aspirant
Backing up a NAS to multiple volumes (Ready NAS 314, Firmware 16.10.8)
I have a hard disk housing attached to a rear USB on my NAS. I have 4 back-up jobs that backup different shares and the destination is that housing and what ever drive I have inserted in it. I us a...
- Jan 13, 2023
JustKJ wrote:
Or is my recollection incorrect and the back up does not check the destination and only that a file has changed since the last back up job was run regardless of which destination drive was used?
Incremental backups do compare the source and destination contents, and should only copy over files that are missing, newer (or I think a different size).
StephenB
Jan 13, 2023Guru - Experienced User
JustKJ wrote:
Or is my recollection incorrect and the back up does not check the destination and only that a file has changed since the last back up job was run regardless of which destination drive was used?
Incremental backups do compare the source and destination contents, and should only copy over files that are missing, newer (or I think a different size).
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