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mvfid

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Registered: 2021-03-06

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Why dedicated NAS xsi backup server?

Hello,

I'm trying to understand where xsi backup NAS comes into play and why. How is it better than just using a NFS share for example to the same NAS?
And can it be used by different esxi hosts? (as in different versions, eg, 5 and 6 )

Thank you,

admin

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Re: Why dedicated NAS xsi backup server?

We distribute two different versions of NAS appliances:

1 - An older one implementing a FUSE real time inline deduplicated File System based on LessFS by [b][url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/lessfs/files/lessfs/]Mark Ruijter[/url][/b] on CentOS 5 that we named [b]XSINAS[/b], which is still a great option for a standalone file server.

2 - A newer one called [b][url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/xsibackup-nas/]XSIBackup-NAS[/url][/b], built on CentOS 7 that incorporates an nCurses GUI, which is a great asset to rapidly deploy a home lab or even production resources in a matter of minutes.

If you already have some dedicated hardware [b][url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/xsibackup-nas/]XSIBackup-NAS[/url][/b] might not be of interest to you, still it is a prebuilt compatible environment that you can start with. It can help you save valuable time and can also serve as an intermediate layer to standarize your deployments.

It also incorporates [b]XSIFS[/b] and offers a way to access files in any XSIBackup-DC restore point in a deduplicated repository.

mvfid

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Re: Why dedicated NAS xsi backup server?

Thank you for your reply.
I didn't know about those options; I was reading up on this article: [url=https://33hops.com/xsibackup-datacenter-running-as-server-in-synology-nas.html]Running (c)XSIBackup-DC as a server in (c)Synology NAS[/url] (which btw says it's part 1 but I didn't find a link to part 2).

So my questions are in the context of this linked article.
Thank you.

mvfid

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Re: Why dedicated NAS xsi backup server?

I guess I am replying to my own question. Reading some posts I found post #2 on this topic to actually answer my dilemma.
[url=https://33hops.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=827]XSIBackup Server Client[/url]

admin

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Re: Why dedicated NAS xsi backup server?

You are right. There should have been a second part, Synology decided to take a turn and make its DSM system more closed and propietary than it already was before by limiting access to other users than root through SSH. Thus we just placed a warning around that issue and renounced to delve more into easing integration with Synology. Still, many of our users and we ourselves use Synology DSM as a backend.