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Should I run "Volume Scan" regularly?
I have ReadyNAS NV+ device which has been working just fine with 4 2 terabyte drive in XRAID configuration. I have read that sometimes spots on the drive go bad and unless scrubbing is done those spo...
My main backup is to my old ReadyNAS (some folders from my Pro to old Duo, the rest to my old NV+) I also have several internal hard drives in my two desktops, and backup NAS folders to those drives as well.
However, backing up to USB drives is certainly a good way.
You can connect a hub directly to the ReadyNAS and attach the USB drives to it. Backup is then done with Frontview. That works well if you are ok with formatting your USB drives as ext (linux format). However, the NV+ v1 writes extremely slowly to NTFS formatted drives.
If the NAS is your only Linux device (I suspect it is), then you will want the option of reading your backup drives from your PC. Since the NAS is so slow at NTFS, it is quicker to connect the USB drives to your PC, and run the backup over your network. If you don't have a gigabit router you will want to get a gigabit switch (which will speed your network up, but still let you use your existing router).
You can use FrontView to back up to the PC, though I find it easier to use a windows tool called Robocopy. Robocopy is a command line tool, but it is easy to create a script to do the backup. Once you have the script, you can just click on it to run it.
However, backing up to USB drives is certainly a good way.
You can connect a hub directly to the ReadyNAS and attach the USB drives to it. Backup is then done with Frontview. That works well if you are ok with formatting your USB drives as ext (linux format). However, the NV+ v1 writes extremely slowly to NTFS formatted drives.
If the NAS is your only Linux device (I suspect it is), then you will want the option of reading your backup drives from your PC. Since the NAS is so slow at NTFS, it is quicker to connect the USB drives to your PC, and run the backup over your network. If you don't have a gigabit router you will want to get a gigabit switch (which will speed your network up, but still let you use your existing router).
You can use FrontView to back up to the PC, though I find it easier to use a windows tool called Robocopy. Robocopy is a command line tool, but it is easy to create a script to do the backup. Once you have the script, you can just click on it to run it.
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