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Best strategy for full NAS backup under 4TB?
I have two Pro Pioneer systems that were set-up three years ago and are due to have their drives replaced with larger capacity drives. Both systems have under 4TB of data. Both have had regular USB...
@dhl - thanks for this - very useful information. I need to backup all my shares on my Ultra4 so I can install replacement Seagate disks. The catch, described here http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=63698&start=135#p413009 is that the replacement disk are slightly smaller than the old ones - so I can't just add them to the Xraid array.
I've been looking for a backup solution of my 3.5 Tb - and though I have enough old disks to back up the shares (almost !) - the data is distributed across a number of areas, so the Max size disk I need is 2TB, I was assuming I'd have to do this with a USB enclosure, or buy another NAS (A readynas 102 would be OK, using the disks in single disk mode - so swopping them in and out as required).
But I do have a couple of Seagate GoFlex adapters that connect to my MacbookPro using FW-800 and USB3 (via a Caldigit Dock.) It's possible to mount bare data drives on the Goflex adapter. So I could just buy CCC and route the copies through the MBP to the Goflex mounted drives.
So two choices - and not that much difference in price - £92 for the NAS vs £29 for the software. I'm assuming that the ReadNSAS solution would be faster, and certainly more convenient in the future. However, CCC has a thirty day trial - so using that I may even be able to get everything backed up, get the new disks in the ReadyNas and restore it all.
I've been looking for a backup solution of my 3.5 Tb - and though I have enough old disks to back up the shares (almost !) - the data is distributed across a number of areas, so the Max size disk I need is 2TB, I was assuming I'd have to do this with a USB enclosure, or buy another NAS (A readynas 102 would be OK, using the disks in single disk mode - so swopping them in and out as required).
But I do have a couple of Seagate GoFlex adapters that connect to my MacbookPro using FW-800 and USB3 (via a Caldigit Dock.) It's possible to mount bare data drives on the Goflex adapter. So I could just buy CCC and route the copies through the MBP to the Goflex mounted drives.
So two choices - and not that much difference in price - £92 for the NAS vs £29 for the software. I'm assuming that the ReadNSAS solution would be faster, and certainly more convenient in the future. However, CCC has a thirty day trial - so using that I may even be able to get everything backed up, get the new disks in the ReadyNas and restore it all.
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