I just bought a ReadyNas Duo and I am trying plan out my new digital life having a home based server. One of the things that I want to take advantage of is Netgear's Online Backup offering called Vault. I plan on using the Duo as the central repository for files - primarily photos and MP3s - that will be used by the whole family.
What i am struggling with is the 5 gb account capacity in the Vault product. I've got roughly 20gbs of files (and constantly growing) right now. I know that I can pay for extra capacity and back everything up online, but that will get expensive quickly.
So I'd like to split my backups -- most of the older files don't change and I am comfortable burning DVDs (multiple copies and stored off-site) with these files. I want to use Vault backup in real-time or nightly, only the newly changed files that are not archived to DVD.
My first thought is to just have folders with the older files that I would exclude from the Vault. But that doesn't work because of the folder structure that I need for things like ITunes precludes me from doing that (i.e., there is one Bruce Springsteen folder that might be archived today -- but when the new album comes out its going to go become a new sub-folder in the same artist folder).
I know that the Vault software allows for incremental backups. But what I am looking for is something that allows me to keep a baseline full backup offline, with only incremental changes going to the on line backup.
If anyone has any ideas on how I can get there, I'd appreciate hearing them.
Thanks
What i am struggling with is the 5 gb account capacity in the Vault product. I've got roughly 20gbs of files (and constantly growing) right now. I know that I can pay for extra capacity and back everything up online, but that will get expensive quickly.
So I'd like to split my backups -- most of the older files don't change and I am comfortable burning DVDs (multiple copies and stored off-site) with these files. I want to use Vault backup in real-time or nightly, only the newly changed files that are not archived to DVD.
My first thought is to just have folders with the older files that I would exclude from the Vault. But that doesn't work because of the folder structure that I need for things like ITunes precludes me from doing that (i.e., there is one Bruce Springsteen folder that might be archived today -- but when the new album comes out its going to go become a new sub-folder in the same artist folder).
I know that the Vault software allows for incremental backups. But what I am looking for is something that allows me to keep a baseline full backup offline, with only incremental changes going to the on line backup.
If anyone has any ideas on how I can get there, I'd appreciate hearing them.
Thanks