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Feedback on backup idea
Hello, I just had a strange idea for using an NAS system as backup location. It's not about backing up the NAS, but about backing up a central windows Server onto the NAS. I know that misusing RA...
instead of trying to rotate disks in/out of the nas, you should rotate USB disks, with a separate usb disk for every day of the week, or however needed.
With only 350g of data, 7 or 8 1tb drives should be very inexpensive and last a long time, at which point you could easily swap them for 2tb or greater whenever backup data becomes larger.
So the backup plan would be
server -> backup to nas
nas -> backup to usb drive
usb drives rotated in/out of safe and/or offsite
With only 350g of data, 7 or 8 1tb drives should be very inexpensive and last a long time, at which point you could easily swap them for 2tb or greater whenever backup data becomes larger.
So the backup plan would be
server -> backup to nas
nas -> backup to usb drive
usb drives rotated in/out of safe and/or offsite
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