In the world of self-hosted NAS solutions, OpenMediaVault (OMV) strikes a rare balance: it is both powerful for enthusiasts and approachable for beginners. While OMV handles RAID, SMB shares, and Docker flawlessly, one plugin truly simplifies a critical chore— backups to external drives .
If you run OMV and you’re still dragging-and-dropping files to external disks manually, do yourself a favor: install this plugin. Your future self will thank you when a drive fails or ransomware strikes. Have you used openmediavault-usbbackup in a creative way? Share your setup in the comments below. openmediavault-usbbackup
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