Now a Day’s NAS Storage is very Popular in SMB and MSMB Market for various Use case like File Sharing , Disaster Recovery , Virtualization and most importantly Backup to Disk.

Netgear Ready NAS Provides in-build Backup software where you can create Backup jobs directly and initiate backup on NAS, however it is also provide RSYNC Protocol and Netgear Replication over the wan which can take backup of your NAS to another NAS in any corner of the world, you just need is an Internet Connection and most important without any Internet LIVE IP.

However Replication has some Pros and Cons, it is maintaining Backup revision on All Backup Data which is more convenient at the time of actual restoration of data and sometime Backup job fails because of PPP session initiation failed from remote end.

By the Help of RSYNC replication technology you can replicate Primary NAS Data to DR NAS with Actual Data Format with More accuracy but you need Live IP address on Primary location is preferred, it would be great if you have Live IP on both end.

Here I am going to make an exact replica of primary NAS (DATA only) to DR Location NAS, so I am going to use Live IP address on Primary location and use dynamic IP address on DR end.

To implement this scenario on your network please follow below steps.

HO Side :

·         Create Users and Groups Locally or Synchronise with Active Directory.

·         Design Folder Structure as per your need and give appropriate Permission.

·         Enable RSYNC on all Folders which you want to Replicate / Synchronize.

·         Add host and User for Additional RSYNC Security.

·         Take System Configuration backup of “Share Access” , “ Users and Groups” , “Services” and store to appropriate location. ( do not store on NAS )

DR Side :

·         Manually Create identical Folders same as HO Side ( double check the spelling and white space, advisable to copy Name )

·         Create RSYNC Backup jobs for all respective folders which you want to replicate.

·         Schedule backup frequency as per your environment.

Restoration Process :

·         Restore NAS 1 Configuration backup on DR NAS which will restore File and Folder backup permission as well as users and groups.

·         Move DR NAS to HO side and Rotate IP Address.

That’s IT…… within minimum hours your environment will be up and running.

Network Connectivity Diagram.

1   1) Open Admin Console -> Go to Accounts Tab. Create Local Users and Groups.

     2)   In case of Active Directory Domain Scenario Go to Accounts - > Authentication. Account Type = Active Directory. NetBIOS Domain Name = example. FQDN = example.com. Container OU= left blank for all OU or specify user Define OU. Include Trusted Domain = Yes / No ( for AD Trusted domain Authentication ) Administrator Name = Administrator Users name. Administrator password = < user password > Directory Server Address = IP address or host name. Do not Cache ADS accounts locally = yes / no ( once you enable this option it will go to active directory server each and every time )