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Backup to NAS Rn102 creates duplicate files
I have an SSD drive (E Drive) in my PC for only containing my client photography. I have setup the ReadyNAS to backup the client folder. However I am noticing that my C drive is now creating a further copy in C/Users/User/ReadyCloud/name of folder. I am finding that I am quickly running out of room on my C drive, and not really what I am looking for. Is there a way that I can setup the ReadyNas to automatically backup from the photography SSD drive direct onto one drive on the NAS storage, and then have the 2nd drive in the NAS to just duplicate this?
I am hoping this is simply an automated thing that looks for changs in the E drive and then synchronises from that. I do not hve a large C drive and wantto skip the automated creation of this on my user directory on C drive.
Any help or pointers will be most appreciated.
Ciaran
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Do you need to use ReadyCloud to back up the files?
If you are generally on the same network as the NAS, you might want to switch to a different tool.
I do not need the files to go to the ready cloud at all. I am just using the NAS drive for backing up my work from my PC to a RAID system built into the ReadyNAS. Likely I will upload all files to my 10TB iDrive account. So at the moment I simply want to have all my files from my client photo drive (E drive) automatically update to the ReadyNAS.
I Hope that makes sense?Then the first thing to do is to turn off ReadyCloud file sync. That's what's putting the files on your C drive. It's not standard, so you did set it up, though you were not aware of all the consequences that came with the advantages.
There are many programs, both commercial and open source, that can do backups and file sync. Which you choose depends on how often you want the files backed up -- constantly, whenever a change is made, or periodically. Many can back up to a NAS share directly, some will want you top map a NAS folder to a PC drive and back up to that. I personally use Aronis True Image, which can do periodic file or image backups, and I know StephenB does as well.. I create most files on the NAS, not on my PC, so I don't run anything that has constant sync.
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