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Title: LinkStation Pro LS-XHL
Post by: economist on August 23, 2009, 06:09:27 AM

Quick question before I buy

Is it possible to backup the data from my NAS to a separate External Harddrive or to another NAS.

Title: Re: LinkStation Pro LS-XHL
Post by: JohnGray on August 23, 2009, 08:39:54 AM

> Is it possible to backup the data from my NAS to a separate External Harddrive or to another NAS?

In that I'm copying (using ROBOCOPY) the data from an external Maxtor OneTouch Pro II to my new LS-XHL as I type this, it wouldn't surprise me much to find that copying in the opposite direction was also possible!

Message Edited by JohnGray on 08-23-2009 08:41 AM

Title: Re: LinkStation Pro LS-XHL
Post by: economist on August 23, 2009, 11:03:20 AM

Yeah I know it is possible to transfer data from an External drive to the NAS but I am not sure if it is possible the other way. Can you confirm this . THanks

Title: Re: LinkStation Pro LS-XHL
Post by: JohnGray on August 23, 2009, 11:23:22 AM

Sorry, I was being somewhat flippant. Yes, you can copy in either direction. I've just done a 4.5 MB file copy from the LS-XHL to the Maxtor, just to prove it.

Title: Re: LinkStation Pro LS-XHL
Post by: economist on August 23, 2009, 01:11:51 PM

Thank you very much for the fast reply

Title: Re: LinkStation Pro LS-XHL
Post by: parsobarus on August 23, 2009, 01:30:24 PM

economist wrote:
Quick question before I buy

Is it possible to backup the data from my NAS to a separate External Harddrive or to another NAS.

Linkstation has a rudimentary backup program on it. It will backup directly from the Linkstation to a connected USB drive. It won't backup to another NAS unless it's made by Buffalo, and even that is a hassle.

If you are running the backup program on your PC, then you can backup to any drive on your network.

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Products => Storage => Topic started by: economist on August 23, 2009, 06:09:27 AM