Nas backup

[thrasher_565]

hey im wanting some sort of back up weather its an internal or external 1-4 hdd. what i want it to do is clone one drive to another say once a moth. can it be done with just software? i do have an icy dock Blizzard (can swap put 80mm fan) i don't relay like how its vertical. i also have another external aluminum hhd with lcd on it. i have an wd green 2t and an wd green 3t hdd's. look for something have is horizontal maybe with an 120fan or 140mm fan if possible.

im looking at this icy dock black vortex external  has fan filter too. for $120 right now. what you think any info will help plz and thx.

[AinsleyHarriot539]

I recommend putting your nas drives in a raid 1 config. You may loose some of your space but by doing so you make an automatic backup of your drive. Here is a video explaining what raid 1 is and how it is done.

 

[thrasher_565]

so sounds like i want raid 1. if say i cant boot in to the os i can just unplug the storage drive and plug it in to another computer and have all the dada? i once had an over clock and an raid 0 and when it failed i could no longer boot in to the os and anything on that raid 0 i lost.

[thrasher_565]

if i get the usb3 icy dock external can i still make it in the a raid 1 or dose it have to be sata? there is an internal sata hot swap borde in the back (woud this interfer with the raid 1?) or there one that and no sata bored.

[geo3]

On 11/24/2016 at 8:11 PM, AinsleyHarriot539 said:

I recommend putting your nas drives in a raid 1 config. You may loose some of your space but by doing so you make an automatic backup of your drive. Here is a video explaining what raid 1 is and how it is done.

 

OMG no!   RAID is not backup. Run a damn back up if you want backup. Can we please kill this misconception, bury it, and defile it's grave. 

[thrasher_565]

so what should i do? i allready have the icydoc black vortex mb074sp-1b and an wd green 2t and 3t. for me to try the raid 1 ied have to erase everything on it? so ied have to get another t3 hhd to do it. is there software that con do it? i just want to clone 1 hhd to another so if one fails i wont loses anything.

[Mikensan]

What NAS device/OS will you be using? That will dictate what method you will use to backup your data to disk.

 

Also don't worry much about the disks being vertical, more important is moving them while spinning. The Storinator mounts their disks upright (as seen in a few of Linus' videos).

 

If using FreeNAS or any linux/unix solution, you can just rsync the data on a schedule and swap disks out. 

[thrasher_565]

windows 7 for now but some day i will be forced to uses windows 10 for the dx12. i think ill just make the windows 10 computer gaming only and the computer i have now windows 7 for watching videos and other stuff.

[Mikensan]

Take a look at Synctoy, simplest solution for what you want. You can create a batch file to automate the process. Honestly a lot of external disks you buy nowadays come with backup software.

 

Unless you want versioning... 

[thrasher_565]

10 minutes ago, Mikensan said:

Take a look at Synctoy, simplest solution for what you want. You can create a batch file to automate the process. Honestly a lot of external disks you buy nowadays come with backup software.

 

Unless you want versioning... 

i watched this and that seems like it will work. thx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdeWQkZDUVM