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Backup to Synology NAS using rsync or NFS and hardlinks
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I want to backup data from a Windows (Vista) computer to a Synology NAS (210j). The NAS supports FTP, SMB, NFS and also allows a rsync daemon to be set up. I want to backup different folders to the NAS, but I'd prefer to use the hardlink method to save diskspace (like this script does). With this m…
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Fix for: Backup to Synology NAS using rsync or NFS and hardlinks
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If the filesystem on the Synology device is ext3, it does support (in principle) hardlinks. This is the first requirement. If you backup from a Windows computer however, hardlink creation must also be exposed (via SMB extensions) in such a way, that…
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