I’ve been generally running various different ways of backing up files to my NAS (which then backs up to other locations…) - mostly syncthing for photos and large collections of files, but I tend to use rsync to push out config backups to the NAS once something’s working.
But, the NAS is only powered up a few times a day (to save on electricity costs), which is fine for manual pushes, but makes scheduling backups a bit tricky.
It dawned on me that it might be better for the NAS to pull the files via rsync instead of pushing them.
Anyone tried this route and have any advice?
The one that’s offline more often manages the schedule.
In my case the NAS is on 24/7 so the other machines push backups whenever they’re on.
In your situation the NAS is on randomly, so the NAS pulling backups will most likely work better
Yes, that was my thoughts - or just have hourly backups where some will work, some won’t…
Bit messy, but simple.