Very simply, I have drives within my server called pool "A". I have drives outside my server in a NAS box called pool "B". I would like all content saved to Pool A, to be backed up after hours onto Pool B. Based on my limtited understanding, I can have balancing enabled for Pool A, and Pool B, and then put both those pools into a parent pool called Pool "C". Pool C can have folder duplication enabled where I can have it create a duplicate of specific Pool A folders, and since there is only one other drive in the parent pool (B) it will all naturally backup there, at whatever time or interval I set in Pool C's settings. I attached a super complex graphic to really bring this home
To add some rationalle, I want Pool B (main backup) to auto-shutoff when not in use. In a perfect world, it would only duplicate/backup every 2-3 days as only a few gigs of content will be added to Pool A on any given day. I would rather keep the spin times low on Pool B and only fire them up every few days for 5-10 minutes rather than having them duplicate as the files come in.
Does that sound possible, or is there a better way to accomplish this that doesnt involve new hardware?
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ian1331
Very simply, I have drives within my server called pool "A". I have drives outside my server in a NAS box called pool "B". I would like all content saved to Pool A, to be backed up after hours onto Pool B. Based on my limtited understanding, I can have balancing enabled for Pool A, and Pool B, and then put both those pools into a parent pool called Pool "C". Pool C can have folder duplication enabled where I can have it create a duplicate of specific Pool A folders, and since there is only one other drive in the parent pool (B) it will all naturally backup there, at whatever time or interval I set in Pool C's settings. I attached a super complex graphic to really bring this home
To add some rationalle, I want Pool B (main backup) to auto-shutoff when not in use. In a perfect world, it would only duplicate/backup every 2-3 days as only a few gigs of content will be added to Pool A on any given day. I would rather keep the spin times low on Pool B and only fire them up every few days for 5-10 minutes rather than having them duplicate as the files come in.
Does that sound possible, or is there a better way to accomplish this that doesnt involve new hardware?
Thanks for your help,
Ian
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