From: dave@davehigton.me.uk   
      
   In message    
             Lars Poulsen  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   My NAS runs OpenMediaVault.  It happens that mine is on a Raspberry Pi,   
   but it's available (at zero cost) for many platforms.  It's Linux under   
   the bonnet, and the file systems in my case are ext4 - I can't imagine   
   anyone would choose VFAT for use under Linux.   
      
   And rsync most definitely /is/ an option; I use it.   
      
   David   
      
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