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Copy shares to HD2 & take it to remote enclosure - start Resilio Sync between the original & remote.
IWill this work: I have several GB of data which I need to maintain identical in two separate locations. To start - can I copy needed shares from the orginal HD to a second HD in the same enclousre; ...
If by "remote enclosure" you mean something other than another ReadyNAS, no. If you mean another ReadyNAS, then yes, but it's not as simple as you state nor something that is recommended. It is much better to have the entire remote ReadyNAS local for the original backup and then move it remote. The drives tend to be the bottleneck in the NAS, so it won't take that much longer to do that than to make the copy within the NAS, and it's much safer. Alternatly, if the remote isn't a ReadyNAS, then you'd use a USB drive for the backup and move it.
What protocol do you intend to use for the remote backup?
I ment remote enclosure as identical or similar NAS. Please assume the same. model.
Does it mean it is better to make a backup form Disk1 to Disk2 in the same NAS. And take Disk2 to the other NAS. ?
As to a protocol afterwards. I have no clue what would work best. The automatic periodic two-way sync would be best.
newbtoo wrote:I ment remote enclosure as identical or similar NAS. Please assume the same. model.
Does it mean it is better to make a backup form Disk1 to Disk2 in the same NAS. And take Disk2 to the other NAS. ?
No, I said exactly the opposite. Take the whole backup NAS to the location of the primary and do a backup using the same method you intend to use once it's remote. Then move it to the remote location.
newbtoo wrote:As to a protocol afterwards. I have no clue what would work best. The automatic periodic two-way sync would be best.
Well, you need to work that out first since it may affect how you do the intial backuip. There is no automatic two-way sync built into the ReadyNAS. For a simple one-way backup, rsync over SSH will work, but a VPN is often the best way. I use ZeroTier, which will run directly on each NAS. OpenVPN, which is usually best implemented in your routers, is another option. I have no suggestions as to a bidirectional sync solution, as I don't need that. I have backups in each direction, but no share is written to in both locations, so each rsync backup job is only one way.
Given the small amount of data, I think I'd just use cloud storage, and perhaps sync that to the existing NAS.
For instance, Google Drive gives you 15 GB for free. If you need more, it would cost about $24 per year for 100 GB of storage.
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