I'm looking to semi-automate the backup of my new FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-p2-x64 server so that I can permanently connect an external eSATA dock and when I dock an HD every couple weeks I can initiate a script that will mount the drive and sync my volume. Does anyone else do this, or are there reasons not to handle backups like this? If not, how do others backup their data? Building a second FreeNAS server is not an option for me. I know I could use a utility like RoboCopy or Rsync on Windows to sync over the network to an external device attached to a Windows machine but I thought I'd see if the first method is being used by anyone.