[kwlug-disc] OT? QNAP NAS file snapshots

[CrankyOldBugger]

While I haven't used QNAP, I use their competitor Synology (in particular,
the DS412+), which I believe has something similar to what you want, but
just as you did with QNAP, I'm getting conflicting messages on the Synology
side of the internet as well:

Synology Snapshot Manager software plugin for Windows Server allows you to
create application-consistent snapshots in DSM. For Windows environment,
you can install Synology Snapshot Manager for Windows Server. After
installation, when a snapshot is triggered on DSM, Synology Snapshot
Manager will use the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) technology
to produce consistent point-in-time copies of data. Synology Snapshot
Manager for Windows Server also supports performing snapshots when
triggered by 3rd party software via VSS.

(via
https://www.synology.com/en-us/releaseNote/Snapshot%20Manager%20for%20Windows
)

There's also some talk of snapshot as it pertains to vSphere and Hyper-V,
which sounds to me like the ability to take a snapshot of an entire VM.  I
don't think that this is what you wanted, but perhaps this is a possible
cause of the confusion you're seeing online.



On Fri, 8 May 2015 at 22:11 Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>
> This might be offtopic, but QNAP NAS boxes appear to run some form of
> Linux, so I am hoping that some people on the mailing list have some
> familiarity with them. I am involved in researching these for a
> potential purchase, and I have a bunch of questions.
>
> The first question has to do with file snapshotting. Basically, the
> device makes previous versions of files available, that can be
> restored by end users (for Windows, this might be done using the
> "Previous Versions" tab of an item properties, or there might be some
> way to navigate to previous versions in the NAS web interface). Does
> anybody know whether QNAP devices support this? I am getting
> conflicting and confusing answers on the internet.
>
> - Paul
>
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