looking for best method to backup a NAS device
My scenario, many users store data to a Buffalo Linkstation NAS device, (2 - 1 TB hard drives in a Raid 1 array.) User access the Linkstation over the network, (it has a static ip and formatted xfs.)
I was using acronis from my windows xp workstation to compress the entire contents of this drive and back it up to a removable hard drive to take off site every week or so. This process takes about 8 hours to run but has been effective as I just run it overnight.
I was wondering if there is a faster...better...easier..
I was using acronis from my windows xp workstation to compress the entire contents of this drive and back it up to a removable hard drive to take off site every week or so. This process takes about 8 hours to run but has been effective as I just run it overnight.
I was wondering if there is a faster...better...easier..
It kind of depends on how much you want to spend. Obviously, there are offsite backup solutions that would give you access to transfer over the internet through a secured connection.
If you are looking for something similar to what you already have, you could build a batch file that runs Robocopy transfer to an external drive and schedule it as a task.
If you are looking for something similar to what you already have, you could build a batch file that runs Robocopy transfer to an external drive and schedule it as a task.
Irregardless of backup software, I'm assuming this NAS device came with a Gigabit port. Make sure the connection between the NAS device and whatever computer runs the backup software is not being limited by a 100Mb path.
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I was looking at using ntbackup but my server is running w2k8. You can't backup a drive not NTFS with it nor can you backup a network drive. The Linkstation would have to be physically connected to the server by usb, etc. It is not, it is connected to my switch via Cat5,
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You do understand that if you use NTBackup and your hard drive or operating system crashes you will have to restore your system by installing the operating system from scratch and then restoring the system state.
Here's a link to NTBackup syntax:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntbackup_command.mspx?mfr=true