rsync debate - what to do

[Biren78]

I've been looking into Synology rsync and I've seen lots of steps involved. You need to enable a bunch of stuff in shell and it looks messy.

So I had the idea--- setup rsync in a Win 8.1 Hv Ubuntu VM that is stored on the NAS.

Is that a crazy idea? I know you can install cygiwin and rsync from Windows but I'm thinking I'd rather do it this way. I may try backing up 2-4 servers but there's not too much data like less than 200MB change per week on each.

So:
Synology rsync enable
Win 8.1 rsync
Hv Ubuntu rsync

Which to do? how do you guys do it?

 

[TuxDude]

Just enable rsync on the synology. Backing up the data on your servers shouldn't have to depend on your desktop.

If its really that hard to get working, have your backup script on the server(s) mount the synology to a local mount-point somewhere, and then just run rsync locally.

 

[MiniKnight]

Why not run it on another server at least? An atom is plenty for rsync