If you could simply browse and open the files, then you can make changes to them, at that point, your backups have changed and are no longer a true reflection of the time they where taken. The reasoning for this is quite sound - you want that backup to be, well, a backup. A backup solution, typically stores the backup data in some sort of container (source - I've been running enterprise grade backup solutions for the better part of 2 decades) meaning that the backed up data itself isn't browseable without some sort of tool. Presumably you mean to browse the share/backup repository on the NAS and see the files as if they're just in a normal folder structure? The part that's putting the fly in the ointment here is your requirement to access the files. Once I have figured this out, I have a large external hard drive that I will then be using to back-up the NAS onto (I think with HB3 seems like a suitable choice?) Qsync seemed like a possible option, however, I haven’t worked it out and while I love the sync option, if I delete files from the NAS I do not want them deleted from the PC.

I have attempted to search and seen there are options to create an ‘image’ backup – however, I would like to have access to the files. Ideally, I would love it to automatically schedule a backup every so often, preferably where it only updates new files.ĭoes anyone have advice on how best to do this, especially for an amateur? I would like to back up specific files from my PC to the NAS.

I am in the process of creating a backup process and have run into my first stumbling point already.

I currently own a QNAP 4 Bay NAS TS-453D-4G with x2 Seagate Ironwolf 8 Tb – setup RAID 1. I am new to the world of NAS and am hoping for some advice.

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