You can configure a ftp account to store backups. It is better to add a nearest ftp server in same LAN to get more speed.


Field Description Value / Sample
Pool name The name of the pool fooftp
Hostname FTP hostname or IP ftp.foo.com
Port number FTP port number 21
User FTP user name foo
Password FTP user password foopassword123
Path FTP user folder /home/foo

Remote FTP storage pool also support incremental, compressed and uncompressed backups. If you choose incremental backups, then soft-links will be excluded from the backup process. You can’t use ftp pool for disaster storage pool.