Backup outside of Unraid
Like very many others, I too ask myself the question of how best to make additional backups. Additional means besides RAID1 pool or just parity.
Of course, the best would be a location-independent backup, but unfortunately I only have the location where the server is. Thus, I thought of an external HDD, which is connected via USB. Is there a way to keep it connected but disable the USB port except when the backup is to take place? This way the HDD would not get unnecessary runtime an
You have a couple of questions here I'll give some input on.
USB backup - I do this on my main server. The server itself holds backups of several other systems/computers. Weekly I back this data onto a USB drive (drive connected to server via Unassigned Devices plugin). I have written a pretty basic script which uses rsync to copy the folders to back up to the USB drive. I have two USB drives, and once a month I'll swap them, taking the unconnected one to store offsite at work.
