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modeef
Oct 14, 2013Aspirant
Incremental backups onto 2 USB drives?
Hi, just a quick question about multiple backups: I currently backup my ReadyNas Ultra 2+ onto an external USB drive, kept off-site. I do a backup every couple of weeks via the front button & USB...
modeef
Oct 31, 2013Aspirant
Thanks StephenB,
So, do I need to do anything special, or is it literally just a case of stick either of the drives in, hit the button, and hey presto it works?
I guess I can test this by doing two back-to-back front-panel backups onto the two drives, and checking the logs between each one? It should show me that both backups copied the same files?
You mention doing full backups from time to time. Would I reformat the drives occasionally to force a full backup?
I'm sorry for the basic questions, but as I become more and more reliant on the fabulous ReadyNAS, the more I realise that I should be careful with backups.
Finally, do you advocate leaving one drive plugged in at all times and having it do a backup automatically each night? Then I can just swap the USB drives over ever couple of days? That seems like an easy backup strategy that would be quite robust.
Many thanks again!
James
So, do I need to do anything special, or is it literally just a case of stick either of the drives in, hit the button, and hey presto it works?
I guess I can test this by doing two back-to-back front-panel backups onto the two drives, and checking the logs between each one? It should show me that both backups copied the same files?
You mention doing full backups from time to time. Would I reformat the drives occasionally to force a full backup?
I'm sorry for the basic questions, but as I become more and more reliant on the fabulous ReadyNAS, the more I realise that I should be careful with backups.
Finally, do you advocate leaving one drive plugged in at all times and having it do a backup automatically each night? Then I can just swap the USB drives over ever couple of days? That seems like an easy backup strategy that would be quite robust.
Many thanks again!
James
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