Backup your QNAP NAS using restic

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

1. Introduction

Every article about Network Attached Storage (NAS) reminds readers that a NAS is not a backup system, even if it runs multiple drives in a mirrored RAID configuration. When I bought my QNAP NAS four years ago, I was well aware of this advice, but I chose to ignore it. I primarily used my NAS as a backup device, and occasionally to serve files. However, recent SMART scans on one of my hard drives started throwing health warnings. While this doesn’t mean immediate disk failure, it was a sharp wake-up call. It was finally time to back up my NAS to an external hard drive.

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Backup your QNAP NAS using restic

1. Introduction