Backup via Mirror Drobo to Drobo
Acronis True Image 2015. System report attached: Build #6525.
I have two Drobo's: one S (5 x 3TB) and one D (5 x 6TB). The S is my main working storage, and I wish to constantly (or nightly, or some such periodic operation) mirror it onto my D.
Cloning isn't really an option, of course-I'd like it to be an automated process without compression or in wrappers like .tib: to simply/incrementally mirror the S onto the D.
Is this possible with my software, or do you have a product that provides this functionality?
Thanks much! I use my Acronis a couple of times a week and it has saved my backside on a couple of occasions!
Look at Microsoft Sync Toy, or if you want to spend, Sugar Sync.
David
Also, take a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_synchronization_software
Thank you very, very much!
I believe that the Drobo uses a Linux variant for an OS so you would need to run a Linux compatible tool since you are wishing to copy NAS to NAS I would think.
On the Drobo OS, they have a VERY closed down system, and it is almost impossible to get into it. Unlike many other OPEN architecture NAS OS's, their is NOT one of them. Getting the Drobo to do anything but act as a DAS or iSCSI is very hard. Their NAS is actually an add-on called DROBO-SHARE, and you plug the Drobo into the sharing device to get it to act like a NAS, so the Drobo unit itself does not actually attach to the network. The exception is the iSCSI models, but those only broadcast the iSCSI protocols, and that is also very locked down. In fact, to connect to their iSCSI Drobo's, you have to let their software make the connection, if you try and run the MS iSCSI client and connect yourself, it rarely works, and drops the connection often.
His Drobo unit has 3 interfaces, USB3, eSATA, and FW800. All the connections are to the local host, so syncing with a 2nd Drobo is as easy as syncing to USB disks, they are just presented to the Windows OS as a lettered drive. I have tested the Drobo with Acronis via USB3, and Acronis saw my Drobo's.
David
Yessir, and thanks to all for the guidance. I did notice that the units present as no more than a single drive entity (in spite of my splitting it into two volumes, which are both recognized as single drive letters/names). I installed SyncToy (Microsoft) and configured it (took about a minute), then...just like magic...it's mirroring away. Will take a while, though, with writes at ~50MB/sec (very respectable, but small bites for 4TB of data...). Incidentally, both units are using WD Red: the source Drobo S is using 5x3TB, the Drobo D (via USB3) is using 5x6TB.
While this has nothing to do with Acronis, one thing I have had issues with on my Drobo's is that the USB3 sometimes disconnects, so I try to use eSATA or FW if I can. This is not a Drobo issue though, I have had other machines do the same thing, with Drobo's and other external devices, such as a Buffalo Terastation.
David
David,
Thanks for the education on the Drobo. Always good to learn something new.
Hello,
During the day, my job has me dealing with enterprise storage systems, and during the evening and weekends, my hobby is playing with smaller storage systems.
The day job has me working with EMC, Apple Xsan, DataCore SANsymphony, Hitachi DS, IBM, NexentaStor, Quantum StorNext, just to name a few.
So, when I get to my home lab, I have several Drobo's, Thecus, Netgear ReadyNAS, FreeNAS, LimeTech's unRAID, Openfiler, Windows Home Server and Windows Storage Server, Synology, Anthology Yellow Machine, NSLU2, and so many more. Of course, I have over 100 HDD's lying around, and some of the retired enterprise stuff has made it to my home lab.
So, I guess you can say that storage is a big part of my life. I have used many backup programs over the years, stated with Linux DD and early Ghost, and I liked Acronis from the beginning. I have tried to stick with Acronis as much as possible, but some of these development decisions make me scratch my head, and I wonder who is making these decision at Acronis Corp, and why they don't think more about what the customers need? I would like to be a beta tester because I feel like I could help give input on future releases. While we are using SCCM to deploy the current images at work, I have suggested Acronis Snap Deploy for our product roll-outs. However, with things going in strange directions on the consumer product line, it makes me nervous to push their product too hard at my day job. I know, the corp. products are a different line, but the decisions and the interactions with customers as a whole is something I take note of. I think it is fair to judge how a company treats it customers by observing the customers who are the least satisfied, and how the company handles their situations.
Just my thought and some info about why I know what I do.
David