Solved Is there a way? (to automatically save to two usb drives in one hit)

[BreakingDad]

To automatically backup when you have two usb drives installed to the router.

IE I have 2 x 2tb harddrives plugged into my router

1 of which is my main network drive for movies, tv etc. This can be picked up over the whole network no problem

I have a second drive, which has a "backup" folder

When I save a movie, I usually do a copy into the backup folder on the second drive manually, sectioned off the same way Films/TV/Music etc

Is there a way to automatically save the file I upload to disc 1 straight to disc2 backups? without having to manually do it each time?

Thanks

 

[ColinTaylor]

Have a look at rsync which should be available as an Entware package.

 

[OzarkEdge]

To automatically backup when you have two usb drives installed to the router.

IE I have 2 x 2tb harddrives plugged into my router

1 of which is my main network drive for movies, tv etc. This can be picked up over the whole network no problem

I have a second drive, which has a "backup" folder

When I save a movie, I usually do a copy into the backup folder on the second drive manually, sectioned off the same way Films/TV/Music etc

Is there a way to automatically save the file I upload to disc 1 straight to disc2 backups? without having to manually do it each time?

Thanks

Given a backup destination named Backups, I would let my backup software backup newly added media using endless incremental backups to the destination... on automatic daily schedule. So, I wouldn't even think about it... it would just happen per my regular backup scheme.

OE

 

[dosborne]

Rsync would be the route I would choose , and in fact do use to copy across 6 systems daily, although there are other commands (like dd or rv cp for that natter) that can also play a role. There are many other options too that you can run from a remote system (beyond compare on a windows box as an example) if both drives are setup and shared. However, I'd be remiss if I didn't at least suggest using a proper nas enclosure as it would possibly not only handle the replication, remove unnecessary overhead from a key critical point in your network, but may offer a whole host of other features and benefits. (Since you already have the drives, the cost would be pretty minimal)

 

[BreakingDad]

Thanks for all the help, that's great.