Well, all I know about QNAP is that they also have Linux underneath. In a few words, MBL and QNAP are Linux servers.
Via Linux/OS/CLI, you should be able to backup either using FTP or rsync. For the type of backups you want to perform, rsync is the only option I know of. Now the bad part for it, you would need to be mid-advanced user
Overall the steps would be:
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ssh between them
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execute a manual rsycn for testing
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create your script and cron
Some info for rsync, but plenty out there…
http://www.tecmint.com/rsync-local-remote-file-synchronization-commands/
To enable SSH for MBL:
If I remember all my steps, this is what I did. Make sure you save backups copies for the files before you edit them.
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Enable ssh:
http:///UI/ssh -
SSH to MBL using root, if works, continue only if you want to allow other users to SSH as well. Otherwise you are done.
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Create shares, users, set passwords and permissions via dashboard
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Allow Users to SSH:
edit file /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change “AllowUsers” line by adding user names such as:
AllowUsers root user1 user2
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Optional: Set users home dir: edit file /etc/passwd
The following will set home dir to “Public”
Change from “/shares:/bin/sh” to “/shares/Public:/bin/sh” -
Restart ssh deamon or reboot:
/etc/init.d/ssh restart