Backup USB UFS Volume to internal HDD

[GKman]

Hello Folks
I have configured a 4 TB USB drive as a UFS volume in Freenas 8.3.1. The volume is used to store data generated by six Mac’s and has been working very well for our needs. The amount of data that is being generated is only about forty GB, and so I was hoping that there is a way to backup this USB drive to an internal hard drive on the same system. Unfortunately I am unable to find any clear directions on how to do this. Would someone be able to point me in the right direction on how to do so?

Much Thanks

 

[phoenix]

When you say "backup" do you really mean a regular backup or just copy the data to an internal drive and do away with the USB drive? If it's a regular backup then why not just set-up a regular cron job to rsync the data across? There might be more elegant or appropriate solutions but being a novice, that's what I'd use.

 

[gpsguy]

As phoenix said, you could use rsync. I adopted pirateghost's (forum moderator) script for my use.

Code:

rsync -rvuAth --log-file=/mnt/vol1/home/scripts/gpsguy.log /mnt/vol1/home/gpsguy/ /mnt/backup1/gpsguy

I don't understand why you're using a USB drive for your main storage. For performance and reliability it should be inside your computer.