Hi Greg
This is probably not the thread to bring this up in, but I also gave on the the Backup and Restore processes within Sooloos as being reliable a long time ago

The lack of any Audit Trail in either the Backup or Restore routines left me without any faith in the procedure and then when I tried it, I ended out with errors

I would continue to strongly advocate Two Different Backup methods that have been mentioned previously

1) Create a "Clone" of the Hard Drive(s) in an MD600, TwinStore or Ensemble. This Clone disk can then be set aside and inserted into the Device in the event of any issues. Cloning a 3Tb Drive takes about 4-5 hours, which is a lot shorter than a Sooloos Backup of the same size, which could take 24-36 hours


2) Using a "Sync" program to Sync a "live" copy of the Sooloos Library Folders onto a NAS. This method has three distinct advantages

a) It has an Audit Trail to ensure that the Copy is a Complete Copy of all Albums in your Library. Likewise any "Restore" Sync would also have an Audit Trail to make sure all Albums are restored

b) The Sync can be Scheduled to happen Daily at a particular time (e.g. 3am) so that your Copy is always up to date......even more up to date than relying on the Manually initiated Sooloos Backup routine

c) The above Sync process is typically much faster than Sooloos' Backup and Restore processes which involves File Processing and Renaming, which can take quite some time. The main benefit here is that if one needs to recover from a "disaster' then the recovery takes far less time and one is without music for far less time as well

Something to consider, especially when you've now been exposed to the bleeding edge of the Sooloos Backup and Restore routines

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