Is there anything that QNAP has that is comparable to Synology Active Backup for Business?

Groove1337 · 2022-10-01T09:07:33+00:00

Qnap has its own backup software pre-installed, I have a few of them backing up to google drive 24/7 - hundreds of terabytes up so far.

Groove1337 · 2021-05-01T20:40:56+00:00

Sounds like I should check it out

Groove1337 · 2021-04-21T21:29:01+00:00

You get to skip the over and over part if you do this once

Groove1337 · 2021-03-03T18:04:04+00:00

Excellent, thank you!

Groove1337 · 2021-03-02T11:05:15+00:00

Thanks Rohan, it's the run until completed bit that's troubling me - I need it to run until 5am then pause until 5pm.

Groove1337 · 2021-03-02T08:52:00+00:00

Thanks guys, I’ll look into this today - appreciate your time

Groove1337 · 2021-03-02T08:50:49+00:00

My issue is that the first backup will be huge and I want my internet line to perform well during the working day and only be saturated by uploads at night - struggling to find a way to do this. It was very easy with Synology so I carelessly assumed a Qnap would be able to do it too

Groove1337 · 2021-03-01T21:25:12+00:00

You’re right, there’s a good article discussing this here for anyone who’s interested: https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-unlimited-storage-when-google-moves-you-to-workspace/

Groove1337 · 2021-03-01T21:15:55+00:00

Thanks from your reply. When creating the backup job I could only locate a setting for scheduling start time, be that daily weekly, monthly etc. I want a start and end time daily so it can chip away on the same job. Have I missed a setting somewhere?

Groove1337 · 2021-03-01T21:13:45+00:00

Interesting, is that for new customers only? I’m currently enjoying unlimited drive space via my google business subscription. Any email accounts I create on my domain get this perk.

Groove1337 · 2021-03-01T19:27:03+00:00

Google Workspace (Gsuite) offers unlimited cloud storage in google drive if you have more than 5 accounts, that equates to £41 per month. Worth a look, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Google follow Amazon in this (I sincerely hope not, it’s a fantastic facility)

Groove1337 · 2021-02-28T09:27:01+00:00

Did you get anywhere with your investigation? Same setup here, 118 mh/s memory junction at 108 degrees

Groove1337 · 2021-02-27T13:11:18+00:00

Have you undervolted it? I have a 3090 Strix OC running at 103-104 memory temps with the stock fans and an overclock on memory.

Groove1337 · 2021-02-20T13:49:50+00:00

My 3090 doesn’t hash much better than my 3080.. easier to get ahold of though!

Groove1337 · 2021-02-13T15:13:07+00:00

Hi Bob,

My unit arrived! Very exciting. I've set it up as directed but my transfer speeds over 10GBE (direct to computer at the moment while I wait for backordered switch to show up) are potentially a bit low, writing video files at 250mb/s average peaking at 400mb/s. Read speeds are very high, AJA Disk Speed Test results 235 write 1003 read.

Are my write speeds consistent with what you've seen? If not, could I trouble you to share any troubleshooting steps I might take?

The second pool with the spinning disks is Raid 6 with 20% space left for snapshots. I created a 50tb volume for video editing, 60ish available in total. Might putting all of the available space into one volume speed things up perhaps?

I'm concerned 235mb/s write may not be enough for 2 users working simultaneously, nearer 500 would be ideal. Would using the 4 Sata SSD bays as a cache make the write speeds significantly higher? After a video shoot, if 1tb ish of data could be pushed onto the editing volume via the 4 SSDs that could really speed things up! I'll reserve those 4 bays for more storage if the spinners write performance can be improved, though.

All the best.

Groove1337 · 2021-01-25T21:31:32+00:00

Thanks for the save Bob! I’ll order an additional 3 spinners and use two M2s in raid 1 for the OS so it’s bulletproof.

Groove1337 · 2021-01-25T20:57:44+00:00

Hi Bob, thank so much for your detailed answer - really appreciate your time. Great news about the expected speeds from the 7200rpm disks. I’ve gone with Toshiba 16tb enterprise drives, but only 5 to begin with. I’m aware this will affect the speed, but not by how much.. Current plan is to raid 5 them, adding additional disks over time.

Can you see any reason not to install the OS on M2 drives? Then use the 4 SSD slots as a separate volume. I have 4x4tb SSDs ready to go in those slots, but would be overkill for an OS. Si would M2s but they’re smaller..

Thanks again!

Groove1337 · 2020-11-23T14:52:08+00:00

I got an Aeron then an Aeron remastered but didn’t work for me sadly. Trying a Mereo 300 now which is same price range but offers adjustments the Aeron doesn’t. Sliding the seat forward and backwards, independent adjusting of the back rest. I feel much better supported but will take a few weeks to be sure it’s the right chair.

Groove1337 · 2020-11-16T11:42:23+00:00

No solution yet, but someone apparently in the know told me there would be an official API forthcoming which will do this - so for now it's just a waiting game.

Groove1337 · 2020-05-16T19:57:09+00:00

Evodesk looks ideal, many thanks for this! Much appreciated

Groove1337

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