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Slow Blue Light of Death
I have ReadyNAS Duo (no version), which I have had for years. During a recent storm we lost power which has happened before. Unfortunately this time when I turned the NAS back on the blue power ligh...
I agree with mdgm on the 3-copies (on three devices) approach. You were a bit lucky in this case.
USB is slow on the duo v1. rsync is one way to make it run quicker. There's a guide from mdgm here: http://www.rnasguide.com/2010/09/23/rsy ... -usb-disk/
You can also connect the USB drive to a PC, and back it up over your network (wired, not wifi). That is faster, and keeping the USB drive electrically separate from the Duo is perhaps a bit safer.
USB is slow on the duo v1. rsync is one way to make it run quicker. There's a guide from mdgm here: http://www.rnasguide.com/2010/09/23/rsy ... -usb-disk/
You can also connect the USB drive to a PC, and back it up over your network (wired, not wifi). That is faster, and keeping the USB drive electrically separate from the Duo is perhaps a bit safer.
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