From: lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2025-06-21, Brian Howlett  wrote:   
   > Hi.   
   >   
   > I've (fairly) recently become the proud owner of a Pi5 running Raspberry   
   > Pi OS. Storage is a 250 Gig NVMe drive.   
   >   
   > I also have a Synology NAS.   
   >   
   > I'm looking for suggestions on software I can use to back up the Pi5 to   
   > the NAS. I've seen conflicting suggestions on various sites, so thought I   
   > would come to the fount of all knowledge that is Usenet.   
      
   I think this depends on what is the meaning of "NAS".   
   In many (most?) cases, NAS means a VFAT file system projected through   
   CIFS/Samba to the LAN. The unit does not have a user-accessible   
   operating system. In some cases there is Linux under the hood, but no   
   way to install applications on it.   
      
   In such an environment, /rsync/ is not an option.   
      
   Things are quite different if we are talking about a full-fledged *nix   
   system performing the NAS function. In such a case, I would recommend   
   formatting the NAS drives with ext4 and exporting them both with Samba   
   and NFS and then either running rsync through NFS or over ssh.   
      
   So ... if this is really about one of those "hardswired CIFS"type of   
   NAS, what is the best method?   
      
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