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Aspirant

Aug 10, 2017

NAS-to-NAS backup

All ... Does anyone have experience using a NAS (Models RN212 and RN102) as the backup location for other NAS (Models Duo V1 and V2)? I was thinking of doing so, with the "empty (receiving) NAS," da...

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Amidala

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Aug 14, 2017

Compared with other protocols, rsync speed is quicker, it is recommended to use this protocol.

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 14, 2017
Amidala wrote:

Compared with other protocols, rsync speed is quicker, it is recommended to use this protocol.

I also recommend rsync for NAS-NAS backup. Note that with legacy NAS like the v1 the transfer speed on a full backup is actually slower than SMB or NFS. But the incremental backups run much faster.
- TAPC
  Aspirant
  Dec 31, 2017
  Hi where can rsync be found and does it have a gui or is it comand line
  Thanks
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 31, 2017
    Both your old NAS and the new OS-6 NAS have a built-in back-up capability. The web admin interface includes a GUI for them, and rsync is one of the of the protocols you can choose.