Hi,
I am currently rebuilding my NAS with new drives and my idea is to use the following configuration:
3 NAS grade drives in a RAIDZ1 configuration and 1 large desktop grade drive where the entire contents of the raid pool would be backed up.
From what I found in the forums, it should be possible to mount an NTFS drive in Freenas - I would need to use USB connection here, as I am out of available SATA ports, and I also want that backup drive to remain portable so I can connect it directly to Windows machines if necessary.
The NTFS drive is in an external enclosure connected via USB 3.0 and I would only switch it on once or twice a month to do the backup.
My questions are:
1/ do you see this as a viable solution? If not, what would you change?
2/ what is the easiest way to set up some kind of automated backup in Freenas - only new data should be copied from the raid pool to the NTFS drive?
3/ will Freenas be ok if I just disconnect and reconnect the NTFS drive when it's idle?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Marcel
I am currently rebuilding my NAS with new drives and my idea is to use the following configuration:
3 NAS grade drives in a RAIDZ1 configuration and 1 large desktop grade drive where the entire contents of the raid pool would be backed up.
From what I found in the forums, it should be possible to mount an NTFS drive in Freenas - I would need to use USB connection here, as I am out of available SATA ports, and I also want that backup drive to remain portable so I can connect it directly to Windows machines if necessary.
The NTFS drive is in an external enclosure connected via USB 3.0 and I would only switch it on once or twice a month to do the backup.
My questions are:
1/ do you see this as a viable solution? If not, what would you change?
2/ what is the easiest way to set up some kind of automated backup in Freenas - only new data should be copied from the raid pool to the NTFS drive?
3/ will Freenas be ok if I just disconnect and reconnect the NTFS drive when it's idle?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Marcel