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A SAN/NAS is not a backup, never has been and never will be.
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A SAN/NAS is not a backup, never has been and never will be.

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Any pros/cons on the backup vendor, <br />
<a href="https://www.ixsystems.com/truenas" rel="ugc">https://www.ixsystems.com/truenas</a>, <br />
the business version of <br />
<a href="http://www.freenas.org" rel="ugc">http://www.freenas.org</a>&nbsp;?<br />
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I am thinking of using them for about <br />
2TB+ of business Windows Server 2012 R2 <br />
fileserver documents siince my OLD EqualLogic<br />
SAN has 14+ days of backups, but is end-of-life, <br />
too expensive to renew.
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Any pros/cons on the backup vendor, 
https://www.ixsystems.com/truenas, 
the business version of 
http://www.freenas.org ?

I am thinking of using them for about 
2TB+ of business Windows Server 2012 R2 
fileserver documents siince my OLD EqualLogic
SAN has 14+ days of backups, but is end-of-life, 
too expensive to renew.

Backup Vendor -- freenas.org ?

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Disaster Recovery is the planning for and creation of policies and procedures related to the resumption or continuation of an organization's functions following a catastrophic event. The term is most frequently used in relation to failure of networks, but DR preparations also include other business systems and personnel considerations.

Disaster Recovery

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.