Cupcake
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Hi guys
I've been using Freenas for 6 months now and it all works perfectly. The only thing missing is a good backup strategy. My NAS is running with a ZFS-Z2 with 6x4 TB. My question is not freenas specific, but ZFS specific I think. I'm an amateur photographer and would like to archive my raw images the best way possible, so here's my wishlist:
Any suggestions? So far I've used Cobian, Areca, Oops Backup and EaseUS.
I've been using Freenas for 6 months now and it all works perfectly. The only thing missing is a good backup strategy. My NAS is running with a ZFS-Z2 with 6x4 TB. My question is not freenas specific, but ZFS specific I think. I'm an amateur photographer and would like to archive my raw images the best way possible, so here's my wishlist:
- Copy files from local drive to network drive on regular basis (could be done easily with a script).
- A way to remove files form network location which have been deleted locally (repeat deletions) on my command. Here's where a simple copy-script would fail.
- The files should be stored in their original format, not packed together in a special container format which can only be opened with the original backup program.
- I don't want any Checksum checks for already existing files! If there suddenly is a corrupted file on the local disk, I don't want the corruption to spread to the network drive. The standard backup software assumes that the local copy is the good one and tries to "fix" the file on the network drive. Many programs have that function which "checks the integrity of the backup files". I'm even afraid that some programs are doing this without mentioning it. Obviously this would work against ZFS and it's "self-healing" ability.
- File Versioning is not required. I really just want an automatic way to store my photographs in a safe place and for a long period of time.
Any suggestions? So far I've used Cobian, Areca, Oops Backup and EaseUS.