Inexpensive NAS for over 4TB backups - recommendations?

dhl wrote:
Is it possible to select volume C on the Pro as the Rsync backup source from OS6 on the 102? I tried this on the 104 and couldn't find a way to specify volume C. Maybe I missed something simple?

I wish you could do that, but no. In my case it does no harm, since the RN102 isn't big enough to back up the entire Pro anyway (the backup is split across multiple NAS). But it would be better if local and remote options were fully symmetric.

dhl wrote:

xeltros wrote: I believe snapshots are done by midnight (mine are at least according to logs), so this won't affect the work hours productivity and will be transparent for users. You can give them access to snapshots via a shared folder or choose not to and keep the access in the web interface only. If that's the case, I wonder if snapshots would still work if the backup NAS is automatically powered on and off?

With the daily interval, they are created at midnight on my system. If the NAS is down at midnight, a new snapshot is not created... I'm not sure if the backup itself creates a snapshot or not.

So you might want to coordinate the interval with the power-on schedule to ensure they are created. For instance, create them hourly, start the NAS at 6 am and make sure it is left up for more than an hour after the backup completes (or before it starts).

dhl wrote:
(btw, I tested sending WOL from Frontview on the Pro and it works great.)

Yes, I really like that feature. I hope OS6 backup jobs get it soon.