Setup cron job to backup files using FTP

[23732]

I am planning to build a FreeNAS machine soon, and I want to do a backup on the files/folders I am planning to put in the FreeNAS box.
I have thought about setting up a second machine, with a Linux distro, then using FTP and cron jobs, once a day, to back the files up to the second machine.
I have some questions. To copy files from the FreeNAS machine to the backup FTP server, would the syntax be "cp /files/to/be/copied/* ftp://192.168.X.***/path/to/place/files/"? And if I don't have any new files or folders to backup, will the scheduled task still copy the files and place a "(1)" in the name, will it overwrite older files or not copy anything at all?

Thanks in advance for answers!

 

[cyberjock]

Moving this topic to Off-Topic since it's not directly FreeNAS support.

I'll try to answer this, but I could be wrong... I believe you run the command 'ftp' from the command line and then log into your FTP server and copy files inside the ftp application. If you mount a CIFS share you can do a 'cp filesource filedestionation' as you are thinking. You just need to read up on mounting CIFS. There's probably lots of examples for mounting CIFS in the forum. I listed my command in a thread I titled something like "migrating Windows Server 2008 R2 to FreeNAS". Should have 20+ posts and was created in December 2012.

 

[23732]

Thanks for the reply, I am really unsure if I am going to build a FreeNAS box or purchase a ready-to-use solution, from f. ex. Qnap.

The thing is, I am not going to use a RAID array, but rather setting up 4 disks and use one disk for a specific data and another for another type of data. And the FTP option would be the best for me. But I am going to read up a bit on the CIFS mount, maybe that can be an option.

 

[ProtoSD]

If you go for a ready-to-use solution, you are really going to limit yourself to all the flexibility and freedom you'll have with FreeNAS. A recent new user here just posted that reading the manual took less than 2 hours and significantly improved his experience with FreeNAS. Take the time to learn about it and you won't regret it.

 

[23732]

I think FreeNAS is the best option for me, but also because to have 6 disks, I need to use atleast 1500$ for a ready-to-use box. Also, FreeNAS has Deluge, which is great as I love that client.

 

[eadroid]

I have not read the manual yet, searching for the manual now.
My question is how to get freenas to boot. I'm using a Dell PowerEdge 840 with Raid, I installed freeNas on a dedicated IDE hard drive and then tried installing FreeNas on a SATA HD loaded with FreeNas. I can not get FreeNas to boot or change add the hard drive with FreeNas as a boot option. I would appreciate any literature you have to help me install FreeNas for a file server and use the 4 hard drives on board in raid format to save the data.
If I can not use the raid format with FreeNas, I would appreciate literature to help me to configure bios for the Dell Poweredge 840 to boot from freenas and utilize a failure backup with the four on board drives.
I appreciate your help and direction with the literature to accomplish this.
Thank you,
From someone who is new to FreeNas

 

[cyberjock]

Please make your own thread eadroid if the manual doesn't help you.

 

[eadroid]

Thank you,
Problem was not software, it was hardware. Changed out the CD player and loaded FreeNas without any problems.
Thank you