Mirroring pool for backup

[Isaac.K]

Im looking at starting up my HexOS system in the next few days. I also have a Synolgy NAS as backup storage. 

I was just curious if anyone has had any experience mirroring HexOS to a secondary NAS? I just want it as a direct backup for what's being stored in the HexOS system.

Edited February 13, 2025 by Isaac.K
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[PsychoWards]

Hey, yes this is not that difficult to do, I have done this in the past with various different NAS constellations. With Hexos you have 2 options:

If you want to backup to another Hexos or Truenas you should use ZFS replication. (this is not your usecase)

If you want to backup to a NAS which is not using ZFS you should do the backups using rsync.

For rsync you need to configure both your Synology NAS as a server and your Hexos as a client (this needs to be setup in Truenas, Hexos doesn't offer this yet).

[Jack Kennedy West]

There is a BuddyBackup system in the works making it easy to replicate storage between multiple HexOS NAS's. Not sure when it is due but certainly something to look out for.