I discussed the Synology offerings in depth in a previous article. Since our shares on the Synology have a network recycle bin and our shares on the Drobo do not, we still need to double-check before deleting, because if we do delete a file on the Drobo, it's gone forever.īoth Synology and Drobo offer some level of remote access to files and cloud connectivity. The only thing we have to be careful about is not becoming complacent. You could also of course simply copy your files directly onto the NAS box or use robocopyu / rsync or similar depending on your OS/ability.Ĭan't comment on the feasibility of using Powerline - you could always run Ethernet out there, that's a max of 100 metres if memory serves.That's really nice. You can set a similar option in HyperBackup with 'Smart Recycle' There will always be at least one remaining backup.' You can configure how many backups to keep in bothįor Duplicati the 'Smart' backup option automatically keeps 'one backup for each of the last 7 days, each of the last 4 weeks, each of the last 12 months. I've tested a couple of restores and that seems to work really well so far. The only downside is that HyperBackup and Duplicati use their own compressed backup formats, though that may not bother you. You can get HyperBackup as a desktop client as well but I've not tried that so far. The external USB at some point post-lock down I'll start rotating it out and keeping versions at a relatives house. Then I use Synology HyperBackup on NAS #1 to backup to NAS #2, then HyperBackup again on NAS #2 to backup to an external USB. I use desktop software called 'Duplicati' to backup desktop files to my first 2 bay NAS. Just testing and having a play at the moment - comfortable with that as most data I have is already backed up to DropBox/Google Drive etc.

I'm sure others will have more sophisticated backup suggestions but here's what I've just started doing. I'm guessing you mean Synology not Synergy

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