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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...
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
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