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ReadyNAS 6.1.3 - Eject after backup feature
The release notes for ReadyNAS 6.1.3 state: 1 - Added option for USB eject after backup completion. Where do I find this option?
Thanks for your input alanwsg.
If you set your source as rsync with localhost, how do you then select a different share for that particular backup or are you just backing up the complete NAS in one hit? If that's the case then it may not suit my needs as I currently have 10 shares, each set to backup on alternate nights throughout the week which means I have 20 separate backup jobs.
Having said that, since my post this morning I have done some simple research in to the benefits of rsync vs direct copying and also experimented by creating a test backup job with the destination set as USB and sure enough, after manually running the job the USB drive is ejected.
From my quick research I understand there are benefits of both rsync and direct copying. The NAS here is used as a shared drive for a reprographics studio so I guess I would benefit from both options as for example, here one share contains directories of live jobs which may have a life of a day to couple of weeks or months as they're worked on. So initially many files may be copied to a directory (which would suit a direct copy backup) but then these files may well be edited during the course of the job (so suit rsync backup). Once completed, they're compressed and moved to a different share for archiving (which would suit a direct copy backup).
Anyway, I've had an idea. I'm going to create a dummy backup, which uses the local USB destination option with 'eject on completion enabled', and set it to run after all the others have completed. This way I can leave my current rsync backup jobs as they are for now and still benefit from the eject feature.
EDIT: Had a email this morning at 06:05 to tell me the external USB drive was successfully ejected. :)
If you set your source as rsync with localhost, how do you then select a different share for that particular backup or are you just backing up the complete NAS in one hit? If that's the case then it may not suit my needs as I currently have 10 shares, each set to backup on alternate nights throughout the week which means I have 20 separate backup jobs.
Having said that, since my post this morning I have done some simple research in to the benefits of rsync vs direct copying and also experimented by creating a test backup job with the destination set as USB and sure enough, after manually running the job the USB drive is ejected.
From my quick research I understand there are benefits of both rsync and direct copying. The NAS here is used as a shared drive for a reprographics studio so I guess I would benefit from both options as for example, here one share contains directories of live jobs which may have a life of a day to couple of weeks or months as they're worked on. So initially many files may be copied to a directory (which would suit a direct copy backup) but then these files may well be edited during the course of the job (so suit rsync backup). Once completed, they're compressed and moved to a different share for archiving (which would suit a direct copy backup).
Anyway, I've had an idea. I'm going to create a dummy backup, which uses the local USB destination option with 'eject on completion enabled', and set it to run after all the others have completed. This way I can leave my current rsync backup jobs as they are for now and still benefit from the eject feature.
EDIT: Had a email this morning at 06:05 to tell me the external USB drive was successfully ejected. :)
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