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ReadyNAS as rsync backup for unRAID
With the unceremonious 86'ing of the ReadyNAS line, I was looking for ways to get more life out of my RN626 and RN314. Turns out they make excellent backup/clone storage for unRAID servers. A...
While I am still using my RN526 as my main NAS, I have other backup NAS set up similarly - powering up a couple of hours for a scheduled backup, and then powering down. I've set these up so snapshots are made on the backup shortly before the backup begins - which gives me a simple form of versioning. I set retention to 3 months.
I have made a few other adjustments to the backup NAS-
- I've created a script that generates a log zip when the backup NAS boots up (and every 24 hours thereafter). The log zip is uploaded to my main NAS (the unraid server in your case)
- I've adjusted the maintenance cron schedule to ensure that the maintenance tasks start when the backup NAS is powered up.
- I've changed the NAS power-off script to make sure the NAS does not power down in the middle of a maintenance operation.
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