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pipcool1
Aug 01, 2011Aspirant
ReadyNAS Duo Backup Main disk to Redundent disk
Hi newbe here. I've installed the second disk (2TB same size as First disk) and want to either back up the fiest disk to second disk in case the first disk went down or mirror the first dist to the...
mdgm-ntgr
Aug 02, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
This also means that if you modify/delete a file that change is synced immediately. There is an optional Recycle Bin feature for Windows (CIFS) shares which you may wish to use. Do note that If a file gets corrupted somehow that is synced on both disks automatically as well. Whereas a backup is a copy you've made to another device e.g. a USB disk. A copy on a USB disk would be updated e.g. when the backup job is run (you can run Frontview backup jobs on a schedule).
Both RAID (mirroring in this case) and backups have their uses. What I was trying to point out is that they are two separate things.
Both RAID (mirroring in this case) and backups have their uses. What I was trying to point out is that they are two separate things.
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