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I've been backing up with Snapshot Replication for a few months since I bought an new DiskStation (as well as backing up via Hyper Backup), but haven't really used it to restore files. I kind of turned it on because I had the space & left it running without 'interfering with it'.
It seems that SR is good for file versioning and quickly restoring documents, files etc, whereas HB is more suited to long term backup/archiving. Is my understanding correct?
Now that I'm needing to restore the odd few files or folders here and there I've tried doing it from Snapshot Replication, but it feels 'kinda clunky' compared to restoring files with Hyper Backup. What I mean by that is if I want to restore files with HB I open Backup Explorer for the a specific backup, pick a date or specific backup from the horizontal timeline at the bottom and either restore or copy to another location.
If I want to restore a file or folder via Snapshot Replication I go to 'Recovery' in the SR app, I see I can click on a snapshot from the list and 'Restore in-place' or 'Clone with a new name', but I never want to do this as I only want to restore a couple of files, not overwrite the whole (top level) shared folder with a previous snapshot.
I can select a snapshot from the list and click on 'Browse' instead of a restoring a full snapshot and use the File Station UI and navigate through the folders to get the files, but this feels a little clunkier than the Backup Explorer in HB.
Is that the correct way to restore a few files from SR or am I missing something?
It seems that SR is good for file versioning and quickly restoring documents, files etc, whereas HB is more suited to long term backup/archiving. Is my understanding correct?
Now that I'm needing to restore the odd few files or folders here and there I've tried doing it from Snapshot Replication, but it feels 'kinda clunky' compared to restoring files with Hyper Backup. What I mean by that is if I want to restore files with HB I open Backup Explorer for the a specific backup, pick a date or specific backup from the horizontal timeline at the bottom and either restore or copy to another location.
If I want to restore a file or folder via Snapshot Replication I go to 'Recovery' in the SR app, I see I can click on a snapshot from the list and 'Restore in-place' or 'Clone with a new name', but I never want to do this as I only want to restore a couple of files, not overwrite the whole (top level) shared folder with a previous snapshot.
I can select a snapshot from the list and click on 'Browse' instead of a restoring a full snapshot and use the File Station UI and navigate through the folders to get the files, but this feels a little clunkier than the Backup Explorer in HB.
Is that the correct way to restore a few files from SR or am I missing something?