Local or network drive

The simplest destination is a folder on a drive you control.

1. Set up the storage

1. Choose a drive that is separate from the one you are backing up - an external USB disk, a second internal drive, or a mounted network drive. A backup on the same disk as your files disappears with that disk.
2. Create a folder for the backups.
3. For a NAS, mount it first (over SMB or NFS) so it appears as a normal folder, or use the SMB or SFTP backends directly instead.

2. Connect it in Nyx Backup

New backup set > destination Local disk, then choose the folder from step 2. (A network drive works too once it is mounted so it appears as a normal folder.)

Once Test connection succeeds, set a schedule and retention, save the set, and choose Run now. Nyx Backup encrypts everything on your machine before upload, so this destination only ever holds encrypted blobs. Give each machine its own bucket or folder - see Connecting storage.

Tip: Nyx Backup warns you if the destination is on the same volume as a source - a real backup lives on different hardware.