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SuperNASman
Sep 12, 2015Aspirant
ReadyNAS Replicate a NAS that has already been the destination for a Replicate process
Hello,
Let's say I have 3 ReadyNAS systems.
I replicate the Main NAS used for file storage to a second NAS over LAN, and then move the second NAS to a remote location where the is already an empty third NAS. ReadyNAS Replicate will then work over a WAN instead of a LAN between the Main NAS and primary backup NAS.
My question is:
Is there a problem replicating the second NAS to a third NAS using Replicate over LAN?
I would do this is order to save the bandwidth of the first NAS. Instead of doing One to Many replication, I would do One To One replication over WAN, and then use One to One Replication over LAN.
This would essentially be backing up the backup NAS.
Is this possible?
Also, is there any way to force a full backup every 4 weeks or so in ReadyNAS Replicate?
In order to restore from ReadyNAS Replicate, which backups do I need? The first backup (full backup), and all other backups? Just the latest backup?
The documentation is not clear about this.
Thanks.
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- BrianL2NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi SuperNASman,
Here are the answers to your questions.
Is there a problem replicating the second NAS to a third NAS using Replicate over LAN? There shouldn't be a problem as long as the shares from the main NAS were properly backed up to the primary backup NAS.
Is this possible? Yes, it is possible.
Also, is there any way to force a full backup every 4 weeks or so in ReadyNAS Replicate? This is not possible. Full Backup is done on Initial Backup only and the next backup or succeeding will be incremental.
In order to restore from ReadyNAS Replicate, which backups do I need? The first backup (full backup), and all other backups? Just the latest backup? All of them are important. The initial backup has all the contents and the rest of the backups are increments or the changes made since the initial backup was initiated.
Try to check this documentation and see if it helps.
Kind regards,
BrianL
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