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Remote Back Ups from NG ReadyNAS 214 in my office to WD MyCloud EX2 in my home?
Hello I currently own a WD MyCloud EX2 at my home and I'm going to buy a NETGEAR ReadyNAS 214 device for my office because the data can be more secure with it's SSD compatibility. Would I be abl...
dud3sweet wrote:the data can be more secure with its SSD compatibility.
Not convinced...
You can use an Rsync over SSH backup job or a VPN connection to backup the data between both devices.
Short answer: I'd do a push backup controlled by the Windows VM to a share on the NAS, using a software or a script.
But test and monitor it at the beginning to make sure it's working as expected.
Long answer: There are other options, some more paranoid-secure than others, but this is probably the easiest to implement without overlooking security too much.
A backup, in theory, should always be read-only, so the push way is less secure than the pull (because if you push, it has to be r/w). But a pull not restricted properly is even less secure and is a pain to restrict properly, and while more restrictedx it might be more vulnerable as you open external access to your Windows machine.
If you implement a push backup from your Windows VM to the local NAS on a r/w share, then pull that backup from the remote NAS onto a r/o or offline share, I think it's a good compromise. I implement something similar in my backup strategy.
But test and monitor it at the beginning to make sure it's working as expected.
Long answer: There are other options, some more paranoid-secure than others, but this is probably the easiest to implement without overlooking security too much.
A backup, in theory, should always be read-only, so the push way is less secure than the pull (because if you push, it has to be r/w). But a pull not restricted properly is even less secure and is a pain to restrict properly, and while more restrictedx it might be more vulnerable as you open external access to your Windows machine.
If you implement a push backup from your Windows VM to the local NAS on a r/w share, then pull that backup from the remote NAS onto a r/o or offline share, I think it's a good compromise. I implement something similar in my backup strategy.
Some thoughts about backups ;)
(I'll have to repost that in a separate place as it's no longer relevant to the "issue" discussed there.)
Thanks for all the information and tips! Are you suggesting that I use a third-party software to schedule automatic push back ups going from my Windows VM through a mapped network drive linked to a share on the NAS? If so, can you recommend any software?
dud3sweet wrote:Thanks for all the information and tips! Are you suggesting that I use a third-party software to schedule automatic push back ups going from my Windows VM through a mapped network drive linked to a share on the NAS? If so, can you recommend any software?
Something like that seems good to me yes.
Veeam, Acronis, Symantec, ShadowProtect, PowerShell script, rsync (for Windows), FreeFileSync, Crashplan, Windows Server Backup are names I heard before. But there are LOTS of options. I can't recommend any of them in particular as I didn't personally try any of them in a VMware environment.
(Entreprise customers may use specific softwares I don't know about.)
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