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laughingpalm
Nov 30, 2015Aspirant
Two RN104 units - can one be used to back up the other?
I now have 2 RN104 units. One is currently running with a RAID 5 configuration. The second one is about to go online soon. They will both be outfitted with four 1TB drives in each. What I woul...
- Dec 01, 2015
Hi laughingpalm,
As long as both devices are registered to your ReadyNAS Replicate Account. A backup job can be made for the two units. Here are some helpful links you can look at.
ReadyNAS Replicate User Manual
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
StephenB
Nov 30, 2015Guru - Experienced User
You can use the built-in backup jobs, using rsync to copy share-by-share (one job for each). You'd want to match the configuration (including UID and GID assignments for each user and group).
ReadyNAS replicate can also be used - though I don't use that myself. My source NAS is running 4.2.x, which does not include a free replicate licensse. However OS6 does.
- laughingpalmNov 30, 2015Aspirant
If both RN104 devices are running 6.x versions of the firmware, does that mean I can run ReadyNAS Replicate to duplicate the RN104 units one to another? If so, how is that set up? I know nothing about the Replicate feature...
Jim
- BrianL2Dec 01, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi laughingpalm,
As long as both devices are registered to your ReadyNAS Replicate Account. A backup job can be made for the two units. Here are some helpful links you can look at.
ReadyNAS Replicate User Manual
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team- laughingpalmDec 01, 2015Aspirant
Thanks a bunch, guys!
I will go over the documentation and give this a try. It sounds like it's exactly what I want to accomplish!
Jim
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