SynoSnap

Overview

SynoSnap is a backup snapshot maintaining script designed to have minimal enough requirements that it can run on a Synology NAS without the pain of installing ipkg. Hardlink copying is used to minimize disk space foot print.

Requirements

Python 2.7+
Linux

Installation

Download and extract this project

Usage

Each run updates all snapshots based on current time. You should run this script via Chron with a frequency matching the shortest time period that you are keeping snapshots for.

Execute with:

./synosnap.py configfile options

Options:

--dry-run : Dry run (no files will be written to disk)

Configuration

Create a text configuration file in the following format parameters

hourly      number_of_hourly_snapshots_to_keep
daily       number_of_hourly_snapshots_to_keep
weekly      number_of_hourly_snapshots_to_keep
monthly     number_of_hourly_snapshots_to_keep
source      path_to_folder_to_generate_snapshots_of
destination path_to_folder_to_store_snapshots

At the minimum you should specify source, destination, and at least 1 interval.

Here are a few examples

hourly      3
daily       7
weekly      4
monthly     6
source      /home
destination /snapshots

Minimal Example