Now that I have my FreeNAS box set up with two 8TB drives mirrored, and before I start using it too much, I need to set up an offsite backup. Since i have free bays on R710, i was hoping to simply us spare tray/bay and slip in an 8TB drive for backup. I guess another option is using an external USB drive, but I think the R710 uses USB2 so it may be slow. I would rather be able to do quick backup.
Also, I heard you can use a basic drive as opposed to NAS drive for backup, but the prices i am seeing out there are not much different (not huge savings). Drives for external HDs seem much cheaper and have heard of people taking those apart just to get the HD?
I have never done backup before on FreeNAS so any input would be valuable.
Also, I heard you can use a basic drive as opposed to NAS drive for backup, but the prices i am seeing out there are not much different (not huge savings). Drives for external HDs seem much cheaper and have heard of people taking those apart just to get the HD?
I have never done backup before on FreeNAS so any input would be valuable.