SOLVED Can I build a secondary FreeNAS system that will back up my primary automatically?

[DLMJOSLIN]

I have been playing with the idea of re-purposing an old laptop that will automatically create a backup of my primary system. Is this possible? If so could someone please provide me with guidance on how to accomplish this?

 

[wblock]

Yes, this can be done. Please see Replication Tasks.

 

[danb35]

As @wblock says, replication tasks can do what you say you're looking for, though the odds than an old laptop will be suitable hardware for running FreeNAS are very close to zero.

 

[DLMJOSLIN]

As @wblock says, replication tasks can do what you say you're looking for, though the odds than an old laptop will be suitable hardware for running FreeNAS are very close to zero.

It's already setup and running FreeNAS 11.

 

[danb35]

I said "suitable", not "capable." FreeNAS will run on a lot of hardware that isn't really very good for it.

 

[toadman]

Agreed. Though I suppose it may be ok to run a backup server on "capable" vs "suitable" in certain cases.