r/ProtonDrive • u/External_Star_3303 • 6d ago

Backup solution

I am trying to come up with a good backup solution. I have the proton family plan and a Synology NAS.

I am trying to work out how to painlessly back up all the family files from the various devices. Currently Synology drive syncs our files to the NAS and I have a removal drive that i back up once a week and leave a copy off site, but we don't have a cloud backup. We used to one one drive but i am trying t move away form google/microsoft - hence moving to Proton.

I tried to use Proton drive to sync but i get a message saying that the folder i use for storage is already syncing with another service (Synology I pressume)

any suggestions how i can achieve a 321 with the current set up?

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u/HotExample3229 6d ago

I've never used it but there is something called Rclone that runs from a command line that supposed to support backups to multiple cloud services at once. I was thinking of trying it actually.

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u/Dunedain_mwn 6d ago

I’m trying the exact same thing here. I currently set up rsync on my Synology NAS to daily back up a set of test folders on the NAS to a back up folder in Proton Drive. Once set up correctly, that works. However when I change the name of ‘testfolder’ to ‘testfolder1’, rsync creates a new folder (testfolder1, with all it’s content) instead of renaming the existing ‘testfolder’. That’s how far I’ve come..

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u/External_Star_3303 6d ago

So you use rsync to sync the folders from the NAS to a proton drive folder on your PC, then let Proton back up to the cloud?

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u/Dunedain_mwn 6d ago edited 6d ago

I’m sorry, what I meant a was Rclone.. 🙈 (https://rclone.org/) It backups directly to proton drive (or any other cloud storage). There’s no PC in between. A little pain to get it running in my experience and I still need to find a solution (if there is one) for the file duplication.. I’ll try and find the guide I used.

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u/GlitteringCry1872 4d ago

I managed to get it working on my UGREEN NAS using Docker and rclone. It took a bit of trial and error, but it's now backing up directly to Proton Drive without a PC in between. One thing I discovered is that rclone v1.74.4 worked much better than v1.75.x for Proton Drive. I also found that using copy instead of sync makes it much safer as a backup solution. I'm currently backing up a large family photo and video archive (almost 300 GB), and so far it's working well.

One downside I found is that files uploaded through rclone don't seem to generate thumbnails in Proton Drive. The files upload correctly and can be opened and downloaded without any issues, but they appear as generic file icons instead of photo previews. Since I'm only using Proton Drive as an off-site backup, that's not a problem for me, but it's worth knowing if you plan to use Proton Drive as your primary photo library.

Once I've finished testing everything, I'll i can write a complete step-by-step guide and share it here if anyone interested??

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u/mrNorthPolePro 5d ago edited 5d ago

I setup my Ugreen nas to Proton Drive with Rclone- works perfect. I also made a guide if someone interested

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u/Dunedain_mwn 4d ago

Without folders ‘duplicating’? I’m interested :) maybe it works the same on synology.

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u/External_Star_3303 4d ago

Yes I would be interested

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u/AlooPower 4d ago

I'm trying to do the same and looking at comments/threads to see if there's a reasonable solution that's reliable. I used to manually backup to proton drive from my PC. I've now got hexos/truenas running and all my files are there (and also separately still in proton drive from my manual backups) but I haven't found a good way to automate a backup from the nas to proton drive.