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mrbmbrown
Jan 04, 2021Follower
ReadyNAS 526x Backup to iOSafe running Synology NAS
Hello Everyone, I am new to posting to the forum and I realize (after searching a bit) that there are "parts" of answers to this question across the forum in various locations. So, apologies in a...
StephenB
Jan 04, 2021Guru - Experienced User
mrbmbrown wrote:
It appears possible to "backup" the 526x to the Synology NAS using something called rsync?
Yes. Rsync is a standard linux tool, and you can set up backup job(s) on the ReadyNAS that use the Synology NAS as a destination.
But if the Synology is on a different network than the ReadyNAS, then you will want to use rsync-over-ssh (which is encrypted), and not just rsync (which is not encrypted). There are some guides on how to set this up for ReadyNAS->ReadyNAS in the kb articles, but of course that will need some adaptation for the Synology.
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