Complete Backup Strategy for Synology NAS Devices (Automated 3-2-1 Backups)

In this video, we go over a full backup strategy that once implemented, will automate your entire 3-2-1 backup plan. This video uses a Synology NAS and Synology Drive to create a sync task (from a PC or Mac), then protect the data with snapshots, and finally back up the data to the cloud.

There are many tutorials that this video uses, so there are links below to help set them up.

If you're not using a Synology NAS, you might benefit from using Nextcloud.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video has been self-taught through years of technical tinkering. While we do our best to provide accurate, useful information, we make no guarantee that our viewers will achieve the same level of success. WunderTech does not assume liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to damage caused directly or indirectly from its content or associated media. Use at your own risk.

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0:00 Intro
0:31 Disclaimer
0:51 General Idea of the Backup Strategy
1:33 Sync Task
1:54 Data Protection
2:18 Off-site Backup
3:16 Backup Demo using a Synology NAS
7:22 Sync vs. Backup
7:54 Potential Breakpoints
9:00 Immutable Snapshots
9:46 Final Thoughts

[TechMeOut]

This is hands down one of the best backup related videos I've seen in a long time! Excellent job Frank! there is nothing more important than backup!!!

[onekeiway]

1st! Again love the new setup and looking forward to watching this to get my 3-2-1 in order. Thank you!

[Sawta]

I finally managed to setup my NAS, have started to digitize my movie/tv/music collection, and have setup a cloud backup. Thank you for this video, and the one that you had on setting up with Backblaze B2. It's really helpful. I must have watched them 15 or 20 times to make sure I got it all right. I was super nervous doing this, since the Backblaze B2 will cost some money, but I feel confident that I have everything configured as good as it's going to get, and I have that confidence because of the content you've made. Thank you so much for everything!! 😁

[superbaggio]

Super Super great explanation and very detailed yet simple!
greetings from Italy

[kevinhughes]

Excellent stuff very important topic not enough people take there time to setup proper backups

[DeanDetton]

Excellent video Frank! I have my backups automated pretty much the same way that you do. Synology has made it so easy. Your studio is meticulously designed! It’s beautiful. What I like best is that there are no wires visible behind you but everything is lit up. Wait, is that a wire that I see just over your right shoulder 😂

[oakfig]

Bro you look exactly like I always imagined! 👍

[DavidM]

As part of my backup strategy, I repurposed an older NAS to act as my backup storage and installed it in my garage which is about 40 feet from my house. In my case, I ran Cat 6 from my house to my garage during a recent renovation. If I didn't have that wiring, I would have installed an old router in the garage and configured it as a hotspot and connected that to the backup NAS. That way, the main NAS and the backup NAS would be connected via Wifi on the same network. Now I just use my software of choice to backup the main NAS to the garage location. ( I also have a cloud backup but done on a different interval .)

[howardrfrank]

I had a boss 30 years ago who told me "No one has ever gotten fired for taking a backup!" In other words, you better take one. I never forgot that smart ass comment, but it hit home...

[ezequielp]

I did it but not works, the same errror

[tomschulte]

Hi Frank,
when looking at your video, I found that you have different tabs in the notification area than me (e.g. at 8:27). My tabs are called "email" "sms" "push services" & "rules", while you have extra "webhooks" and "events". And my items are organized by "system" " log center" "docker" "hyperbackup" and many more, and not be severity like yours. that is something that I would appreciate as an extra.
Are you running a pre-release version of DSM?
I am running DSM 7.1.1-42962 update 6 on a DS918+

Best regards from Munich/germany
tom

[thirumal]

Shall I use hyper backup with backblaze personal storage instead backblaze b2?

[RaquelHernandezCruz]

Is it possible to back up remote devices to a synology nas?

[BrazenNL]

It's why I went back to Synology. The backups are so easy, and the backups in the cloud are easily navigable by luddites. And now there are even read-only snapshots. Everyone in my family understands the Synology software, even if I think there are better ones.

E: The only thing I'm really disappointed about is the slow update cycle of ABB for Linux. Whenever ABB catches up, Linux has moved on.

[philexel]

So what about TimeMachine backups? I have been using my Synology for TM backups for a while as I am a Mac house. I know Drive works in macOS as well, is there a preference for one over the other?

[yoshiofx]

I appreciate your sharing your strategy. I would love to implement it using backblaze b2 like you do, but it's very cost prohibitive. As a media artist I need to back up 20 TB of client data (4K video and 3D renders) and it would be 100/mth to go with Synology + BB B2. And that cost will grow as my storage does.

If B2 were more affordable this might have been the perfect solution. So instead, I'm likely sticking with my Promise Pegasus and just adding an internal drive or 2, that way I can use BB Personal. Too bad, I was really looking forward to getting a Synology and learning it's ecosystem. But as a small business art studio I appear to be in No Man's Land when it comes to cloud backups between the cheaper home user market, and expensive larger business area. If you know of any solutions for someone like me I'd appreciate it.

[myhometvaccount]

good explanation, , personally my tool of choice is Duplicati, lots of options, free and hooks up into different online services, but i use free backup to a remote location over tailscale/zerotier vpn... so monthly cost is zero :)

[JackupTraining]

This is nice, but I use synology to reduce dependance on 3rd party cloud services.
I sync my google drive TO synology 😁
I would like to be able to sync that synology (DS220) to other one (DS115), which is off site. Still haven't found a good way to do it... Waiting for you to make a tutorial about it 😁

[gregausit]

Yeah there is no such thing as not thinking about automated stuff. If your Sync or the app makes mistake/s, you are then backing up mistakes, and yep, you will not know till you try and restore. I been in IT a long time, I have non critical stuff, and I have lost many things over the years, and it all comes from errors, small things or app errors, so even for small home stuff, this all becomes a job & needs a lot of thought. Also, if you buy all your NAS drives at the same time, guess what ? you may have more than one fail at similar time, or, you get one fail and trying to restore causes stress on the others & suddenly you have more failures. There is no easy foolproof way to do this on the cheap, it is a job ! I recommend people check the process often and what has been backed up. The most errors I have had is with any sort of syncing.

[MURDRD]

Never had a video said nothing with so many words.