Hey Guys,
There are about a million subjects on this but nothing really helps me but this is what I have and want to do if possible.
I have a FreeNAS server built using a Dell Poweredge server using 4 3T drives set up as RAID Mirror 1.
What I want to do is figure out how to backup all the data to a LG-NAS external drive.
The deeper question is what would be the easiest way to backup and restore data in case of system failure?
I have thought about adding another drive to the server and mounting it as a separate pool and using CRON to backup to it and swap the drive out once a week.
Would this be better as it would not take as long to backup as compared to backing up over network?
Also, I've read a little bit about replication and snapshots and I've never used them so not exactly sure what they do.
Just dealing with a lot of information overload right now.
Thanks in advance for your valuable help and information.
There are about a million subjects on this but nothing really helps me but this is what I have and want to do if possible.
I have a FreeNAS server built using a Dell Poweredge server using 4 3T drives set up as RAID Mirror 1.
What I want to do is figure out how to backup all the data to a LG-NAS external drive.
The deeper question is what would be the easiest way to backup and restore data in case of system failure?
I have thought about adding another drive to the server and mounting it as a separate pool and using CRON to backup to it and swap the drive out once a week.
Would this be better as it would not take as long to backup as compared to backing up over network?
Also, I've read a little bit about replication and snapshots and I've never used them so not exactly sure what they do.
Just dealing with a lot of information overload right now.
Thanks in advance for your valuable help and information.
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