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Arnav
May 23, 2017Aspirant
Readynas Backups and snapsots
I have been using my readynas for 3 months now. I am using snapshots to backup my data and have now finally had the time to set up automated backups to a USB to take offsite. I have come up with th...
crazy_toy
May 31, 2017NETGEAR Expert
about back up snapshot
if back up job from remote to local , it will back up snapshot to destination , else it wont
thanks!
- StephenBMay 31, 2017Guru - Experienced User
crazy_toy wrote:
if back up job from remote to local , it will back up snapshot to destination , else it wont
That has to be backwards. The NAS has no way to tell that the remote source is another ReadyNAS, and it would need to know that in order to back up a remote snapshot.
On the other hand, if the back up is local->remote, then the NAS can make a snapshot on its own (and delete it when the backup is finished).
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