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Backup NAS drive - Enquiries - 05-07-2023
Hello I own a Asustor AS5304T - 4 Bay NAS and I have 4 (8TB) drives in it. I would like to use a extra 8TB drive beside the four that are in the unit and hot swap it out every week or so with one of the drives in the Nas and keep the extra drive in my banks safety deposit box. in case of a fire or theft of the Nas. any help would be appreciated. P.S. also when i swap them out that the older version would automatically update with the new data. also any help with the raid setup to do this would be great thanks again.
RE: Backup NAS drive - ed - 05-12-2023
Having a single parity drive will not be enough. If you currently occupy less than 8TB on your NAS, you can connect a new 8TB drive via USB and set up automated backup. Every time you connect, your data will be backed up.