I've been reading about backups, thick volumes vs. static, snapshots and snapshot replicas, etc. My head is spinning.
We do video editing with 4 computers accessing our main QNAP.
Main QNAP: TS-1685. This box has 12x 10TB drives set up in RAID6 as a thick volume using 100% of the pool. This gives me just over 90TB of usable space. I usually use about 60TB for actual data, but could cut back if needed (I could archive obsolete projects more often). This is my main system for accessible data.
Backup: My backup is an 8-bay TS-832X with 8x 10TB drives set up in RAID5 as a static volume. This gives me about 63TB of usable space. This box is on the network. The main box mirrors to this box nightly. This has worked fine but I know this is not a real backup. We have the network recycle bin set up so if a file is ever accidentally deleted we are able to recover it from the recycle bin, but this doesn't help for ransomware or for files accidentally being overwritten (rather than being deleted).
2nd Backup:We just purchased the 8-bay TS-832PX with 8x 16TB drives. This box is not setup or initialized yet. I need advice on how best to utilize this. Should this take the place of my backup since there is more space and then move my smaller backup off-site to run weekly backups?
At the end of the day I would like:
- my main system with our project and video files
- an on-site backup with the ability to recover lost, changed, damaged, ransomed, etc. files from previous 4 weeks (or even 2 weeks)
- An off-site backup that is updated weekly or bi-weekly, mostly for theft or natural disaster
Thank you,
Stephen