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The External Drive feature supports up to 32 jobs and each job supports up to 16 folder
pairs.
6.
Choose between real-time and scheduled backup. Real-time backup copies files that are
new, changed, and renamed from the source folder to the target folder as soon as the
changes are made after the first-time backup. Scheduled backup copies files from the
source folder to the target folder according to the schedule. The options are:
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Replicate Now: Copy the data immediately.
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Periodically: Enter the time interval in hours and minutes that the backup job should
be executed. The minimum time interval is 5 minutes.
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Hourly: Specify the minute when an hourly backup should be executed (for example,
enter "01" to execute backup on the first minute of every hour).
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Daily: Specify the time when a daily backup should be executed (for example: 02:02
every day).
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Weekly: Select a day of the week and the time when a weekly backup should be
executed.
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Monthly: Select a day of the month and the time when a monthly backup should be
executed.
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Auto-Backup: Execute data backup automatically every time the device is connected
and detected by the NAS.
7.
Choose to automatically eject the external drive after the job is finished.
8.
To configure the backup policy and filter settings, select "Configure policy and filter" and
click "Next". Select whether or not to enable the following options:
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Delete extra files: Deletes extra files in the target folder. Deletions made on the source
folder will be repeated on the target folder. This option is not available for real-time
data backup.
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Detect sparse files: Select this option to ignore files with null data.
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Overwrite the file if the source file is newer or the file size is different
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Check file contents: Examine the file contents, date, size, and name to determine if
two files are identical. This option is not available for real-time data backup.
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Ignore symbolic links: Select this option to ignore symbolic links in the pair folder.
9.
Create filters for the backup job.
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File size: Specify the minimum and maximum sizes of the files to be copied.
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File date/time: Specify the date and time of the files to be copied.
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Include file types: Specify the file types to be copied.
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Exclude file types: Specify the file types to be excluded from the data copy.
10.
Enter a name for the backup job. A job name supports up to 63 characters and cannot
start or end with a space.
11.
Confirm the settings and click "Next".