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Post by jasok2 on Dec 5, 2006 11:59:47 GMT 7
Backup software with Web GUI
Imagine a removable storage device, HP USB tape Drive, Iomega Rev drive etc.
can plug into the back USB port.
N2100 can backup itself to the removable media, and/or backup clients on the network to the removable media.
controlled through user friendly web GUI ;D
Ah its good to have a wish list.
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Post by chemist on Dec 6, 2006 18:41:39 GMT 7
why not use the USBBACKUP module ?? It is even more friendlier since it uses the frontbutton so you can make a backup without logging into the N2100 ....
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Post by jasok2 on Dec 7, 2006 4:25:27 GMT 7
why not use the USBBACKUP module ?? It is even more friendlier since it uses the frontbutton so you can make a backup without logging into the N2100 .... I was seriously thinking about it. but i dont think it 1- lets you select particular folders, as i dont want to backup everything 2- works with removable media eg hp's usb tape drive or Iomega Rev drive. please correct me if im wrong. ;D
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Post by chemist on Dec 8, 2006 5:16:36 GMT 7
Well, from experience I can tell it just makes an backup to anything you plug in the front USB port. I tried external hard disks and USB flash drives, I don't know about removable drives but I guess it should not be a problem. The folders which are back upped are listed in a config file which you can edit ... It is less freindly than a GUI but does the trick
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Post by jasok2 on Dec 8, 2006 10:34:27 GMT 7
Well, from experience I can tell it just makes an backup to anything you plug in the front USB port. I tried external hard disks and USB flash drives, I don't know about removable drives but I guess it should not be a problem. The folders which are back upped are listed in a config file which you can edit ... It is less freindly than a GUI but does the trick Hi Chemist. If i were to just plug in a single external USB HDD. and say i left it plugged in 24/7 and once a day i pressed the front button. would it 1- create a new folder with the backup data every day or 2- override the data with new data every day? does it with with FAT32 drives ?
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Post by chemist on Dec 8, 2006 17:42:42 GMT 7
Hi Chemist. If i were to just plug in a single external USB HDD. and say i left it plugged in 24/7 and once a day i pressed the front button. would it 1- create a new folder with the backup data every day or 2- override the data with new data every day? does it with with FAT32 drives ? In reverse order The module works fine with both FAT32 and ext3. Both have advantages and disadvantages so it depends on what you want what the best choice is. I choose for FAT32 because I want the backup as easily accessible as possible and I do not have the need to backup access control. The standard USBBACKUP module works as option 2 in your list: it starts with deleting everything on the backup disk and then copies everything (which is listed in the script) to your backupdisk. The disadvantage of this is if a backup fails (or is interupted) you end up with no backup at all ! You can prevent this by using 2 external hard disk and change them every day (my solution). The other thing you can do is modify the USBBACKUP module and have it create a new folder based on the systemdate and backup to this folder. Remember that eventually you will end up with a full backupdisk so will have to manually delete old backup folders.
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Post by ryebank on Dec 8, 2006 18:14:05 GMT 7
I guess a third option would be to alter the module so it alternated between two roots for the backup - e.g. backupA and backupB rahter than dated folder - and if it recorded where it last backed up to as the last step if say backupA worked on Mon it would write to backupB on Tues , if that failed then the last step would not execute so it would still write to backupB on Wed - if that then worked it would go to backupA again on Thur etc ... that way you would just need to ensure you external backup disk was twice capacity of the Thecus to always have a "good" copy
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Post by pj on Dec 21, 2006 6:35:00 GMT 7
or have it use rsync. This would make the re-copy faster whilst not blowing away all of the previous data
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