Synology Remote Backup Options

visibleman · 16 Feb 2014 at 17:58

I'm attempting to find a standalone (don't really want to have another system running a client that backs up a network share) solution for regularly (scheduled/automatic) cloning around 300GB, increases roughly 50-100GB per year, of data to remote/'cloud' storage but it seems the Synology NAS boxes are a bit limiting in this area.

The only options i see are to either use the built apps Stratos or Amazon Glacier (the 'app' is flaky at best and costing is highly unpredictable from my testing a few weeks back; granted it's cold-storage but i was charged nearly a quid a GB and i'd hate to see the bill for recovering the whole 300GB+); replicate the hardware at another location, apart from initial cost it seems to be the most straight-forward option at the moment; or roll-my-own solution and use a provider that offers WebDav/SFTP etc but apart from Box.net/Dropbox, i'm struggling to find a (well priced) provider that offers those options.

Have i missed any options or is the above essentially the long and short of it when dealing with remote storage on Synology boxes?

Any advice is much appreciated

Edit - Forgot to mention that i have seen a lot of users talk about using CrashPlan and it does seem pretty reasonable, but am i right in thinking the Synology client won't backup internal drives rather the client acts as a central storage server (which in turns punts the data to CrashPlan's remote servers) for CrashPlan clients on the network?

visibleman · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:28

Thanks for that but do Carbonite do a solution for Synology NAS boxes(if not a client that runs on the NAS box, WebDav or FTP access etc)?

I've looked at Catbonite in the past and it points towards it not being a standalone solution rather I'd need to leave a computer on running the Carbonite client which would essentially backup a network share; which is what I'm trying to avoid.

visibleman · 17 Feb 2014 at 22:22

Paul/Chief - So the CrashPlan Synology app allows you to select a local (to the Synology Box) directory for backup without any continuous interaction from a client app running on another system? And the CrashPlan desktop app is purely for setup?

And what's the situation with regards to restoring data - do you have access to individual files or is it similar to Glacier where you have to download the entire container/backup?

Is there any scheduling support to restrict the uploading to 'after hours'?

And i'm guessing you didn't have issue signing up for an account and paying with a UK debit/credit card or using a UK address?

As said, i did look into CrashPlan previously but people on forums were mentioning the use of a desktop client and so i just assumed it was some bodge-job of a solution.
Cheers though, will have another look at it

visibleman · 17 Feb 2014 at 23:14

Shame about lack of scheduling, would have been nice to not have it gobbling up the upload during the day but if it's as slow as Glacier (which is incredibly slow) then i guess it shouldn't be much of an issue

On another note, have you had any issues with the headless client at all?
Just reading the Synology forums and there's a few users complaining of updates and rebooting causing issues and the client not being able to 'adopt' previous backups - which is a little worrying.

Cheers again though Chief, might grab a months subscription and see how i get on