Backup to External USB

brownujr wrote:
I am using the X-Raid setup therefore the second disk can be removed and placed in the new NAS? Afterwards, I can setup Frontview backup and specify the new NAS as the backup destination? Can Frontview backup to a non-ReadyNAS device?

Yes to all questions. I have a second NAS purely as a backup for my Duo, and it's not a Netgear product at all.

Frontview backup requires only that it can "see" both source and destination; I use the rsync protocol because it suits my purposes, but in your case a simpler method is the best. Once the second box is up and running its shares will be available to the old NAS in exactly the same way they are available to your PC, although if it's not a ReadyNAS you may have to change where things get copied from/to - share by share is probably the safest way. For example, to backup the "media" share on the ReadyNAS to a share called "xyz" (whatever) on the new NAS you can just select "Share: media" as the source and "Remote: Windows/NAS" as the destination, filling in the IP address of the new NAS in the "Host" box and (in this example) "xyz" as the "Path". Finally supply the username and password for the new NAS share (if needed) and hit the "Test connection" button. Assuming it says all is ok, you're ready to go.

Finally, I'll say again that I would make a backup first to USB before touching anything. Not only is it an important backstop against disaster but it will give you some familiarity with the Frontview backup system in a relatively harmless way. USB on the NAS is slow, but it's reliable enough and chugs away unattended. Set it going and forget about it for a day or two if you have 1GB of data to backup.