NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Backup to USB Drive??
OK, I have a ReadyNas Pro2, older, but it has run flawlessly. (RAIDiator 4.2.21 ) . In the Past, we have backed it up through a workstation, which is SLOW! I would like to use the built in "Backup...
c-snap is a snapshot of the c volume.
Your data volume is called "c" (no quotes)
The advantage of backing up a snapshot is that a snapshot is your data volume frozen in time, so you are more likely to get consistent backups. However the snapshot will only last till the next snapshot is taken on your schedule. If you make more writes to the NAS than there is snapshot space then the snapshot will be invalidated.
Which filesystem is on the USB disk?
If you download the logs (Status > Logs > Download all logs), what is the date in bios_ver.log?
Interested in the answer too.
But...
I am using RAID1 (mirroring). Is there anything wrong in extracting one of the HD's and keeping it as backup, then inserting an empty HD and let it resync?
militar wrote:
But...
I am using RAID1 (mirroring). Is there anything wrong in extracting one of the HD's and keeping it as backup, then inserting an empty HD and let it resync?
Yes, there are major problems with that. It could lead to losing your data. Don't do that. RAID is not a backup. See Preventing Catastrophic Data Loss
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
