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Internal (to the NAS) backup
Excuse my (possibly) ignorant question. I am attempting to establish a Rsync backup job that copies data between two different volumes on the same NAS. Question #1 Using a loopback approach...
Thank you Sandshark.
I would never have guessed to lie and set the 'internal' to external.
Is this more efficient than using the GUI Rsync with different share names or is it just another way to grandmother's house?
Digital999 wrote:
Is this more efficient than using the GUI Rsync with different share names or is it just another way to grandmother's house?
The GUI won't let you do an Rsync backup for local-to-local backups. Either the source or destination has to be remote - requiring you to use the loopback address if it isn't.
And now I am confused.
I can create a Backup Job with the GUI. They allow for share to share backup -- my notion was that they were internal Rsync backups.
Are they something else??
Digital999 wrote:
my notion was that they were internal Rsync backups.
Are they something else??
They are using the linux cp command - not rsync. They work even if rsync is not enabled for the shares (and even if rsync is disabled on system->settings->services).
Thank you for the clarification StephenB
So, is the Linux cp command more or less efficient than the equivalent rsynch?
My opinion is that the documentation could use some improvement in this area.
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