I am new to FreeNAS and I'm building my first NAS server. I've read the documentation and searched the forums but it is still not clear to me what would be the best backup strategy. The documentation describes Periodic Snapshots and Replication Tasks and I get that but it doesn't describe how these snapshots would be used to restore or re-create a NAS volume if it was lost. Furthermore, I've read about setting up a pair of drives with mirroring but this is claimed to not be a substitute for a backup strategy. So what is a good backup strategy?
What I would like to do is to schedule periodic cloning of the NAS to another drive in case the original NAS fails. This way, the clone is a complete backup and can be swapped in for the failed drive. Is this possible with mirroring? If not, is there another way to schedule periodic cloning of the NAS so a replacement drive can be swapped in if there is a failure of the original NAS drive?
If the best strategy is Periodic Snapshots and Replication Tasks as described in the documentation, can someone point me to how these backups would be used to re-create an NAS in the event that the original NAS drive failed?
Any other suggestions for a backup strategy would be greatly appreciated.
-Dom.
What I would like to do is to schedule periodic cloning of the NAS to another drive in case the original NAS fails. This way, the clone is a complete backup and can be swapped in for the failed drive. Is this possible with mirroring? If not, is there another way to schedule periodic cloning of the NAS so a replacement drive can be swapped in if there is a failure of the original NAS drive?
If the best strategy is Periodic Snapshots and Replication Tasks as described in the documentation, can someone point me to how these backups would be used to re-create an NAS in the event that the original NAS drive failed?
Any other suggestions for a backup strategy would be greatly appreciated.
-Dom.