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readynas backup
Hi I have a readynas 312 with 2 2TB hard drives setup in Raid 1. I have hourly snapshots setup on my shares and I also have a USB external hard drive hooked up for daily backups. I realize that ...
poko2121 wrote:
I tried to do Rsync backups for the USB drive but during the setup of the backup it didn't give me any option to select the method of backup. Am I missing something here?
For rsync, you can create a share on the USB drive, and use localhost (or 127.0.0.1) for the IP address.
poko2121 wrote:
Our old server was setup with crashplan, but I haven't figured out how to use crashplan with the readynas yet.
Crashplan can be installed on the NAS (I have it running on my pro6 with OS 4). Memory can be a problem (and Crashplan uses 32 bit Java, so it is limited to ~ 4 GB).
poko2121 wrote:
Crashplan wouldn't allow backing up network drive from a computer
Actually it does work - see https://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/4/Backup/Backing_Up_A_Windows_Network_Drive
Though it is "unsupported", so is running headless on a linux machine. I've found that Crashplan support will engage on failed backups, etc - though they won't help with the actual setup of the "unsupported" process.
This is simpler to set up than installing directly on the NAS (esp with the per-user installation), and doesn't have the memory issues that you can run into with the crashplan on linux.
StephenB thank you for the good points. Yes my next job is tackling cloud backups. Our old server was setup with crashplan, but I haven't figured out how to use crashplan with the readynas yet. Crashplan wouldn't allow backing up network drive from a computer and the readynas doesn't have an app for crashplan backups.
I tried to do Rsync backups for the USB drive but during the setup of the backup it didn't give me any option to select the method of backup. Am I missing something here?
Thank you
poko2121 wrote:
I tried to do Rsync backups for the USB drive but during the setup of the backup it didn't give me any option to select the method of backup. Am I missing something here?
For rsync, you can create a share on the USB drive, and use localhost (or 127.0.0.1) for the IP address.
poko2121 wrote:
Our old server was setup with crashplan, but I haven't figured out how to use crashplan with the readynas yet.
Crashplan can be installed on the NAS (I have it running on my pro6 with OS 4). Memory can be a problem (and Crashplan uses 32 bit Java, so it is limited to ~ 4 GB).
poko2121 wrote:
Crashplan wouldn't allow backing up network drive from a computer
Actually it does work - see https://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/4/Backup/Backing_Up_A_Windows_Network_Drive
Though it is "unsupported", so is running headless on a linux machine. I've found that Crashplan support will engage on failed backups, etc - though they won't help with the actual setup of the "unsupported" process.
This is simpler to set up than installing directly on the NAS (esp with the per-user installation), and doesn't have the memory issues that you can run into with the crashplan on linux.
Great, thanks for the help!
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