Transfer without useful alerts
The SFTP upload broke overnight and only shows up when someone needs the file on the NAS.
NAS backup
Backup to NAS over SFTP with preflight, monitoring, and controlled restore.
Use your NAS as a BYOS destination over SFTP. Zault sends database backups with policies, monitored jobs, and restore with a destination snapshot — files stay in storage you control.
NAS destination (SFTP)
Preflight
Schedule
Health
Restore
NAS
The real risk
NAS copies without real operations
scp/sftp scripts on cron fail quietly and leave retention and restore on the team.
File on NAS ≠ rehearsed restore
Having the dump on a shared volume does not guarantee a safe recovery into the target database.
Keys and cron per server
Every host keeps its own SFTP scripts and credentials — hard to audit and scale.
How Zault helps
NAS over SFTP in the Zault routine
Connect the SFTP destination, validate the environment, schedule routines, and track jobs — ownership on your NAS.
SFTP destination preflight
Validates access, path, and permissions before the first run.
Controlled schedule and triggers
Manual or scheduled routines in the dashboard, with a clear history for every upload.
Health map and success rate
Continuous visibility for jobs writing to NAS over SFTP — without scattered server logs.
Restore with confirmation and snapshot
Restore flow from the destination, with pre-checks and an automatic database snapshot.
BYOS on your NAS
Files in storage you control over SFTP — retention and ownership under your operation.
Positioning
scp/cron vs NAS on Zault
The difference is not only copying over SFTP — it is operating backup and restore predictably to the NAS.
Traditional approach
- scp/sftp + cron on the app server
- File logs or occasional email
- Improvised restore from the NAS
- Little visibility into transfer failures
With Zault
- Policies, preflight, and validated SFTP destination
- Dashboard, jobs, and health map
- Restore with preflight and destination snapshot
- BYOS on NAS over SFTP with retention
Common questions
NAS backup in practice
Why not an scp script to the NAS?+
The copy is only one step. Without preflight, monitoring, and rehearsed restore, failures show up late. Zault treats NAS (over SFTP) as the destination of a full operational routine.
How does restore from the NAS work?+
The flow includes pre-checks and an automatic snapshot of the target database before changing data, with explicit confirmation in the dashboard.
Which NAS protocols are supported?+
The destination is over SFTP — suitable for many NAS and network storage devices that expose SFTP. We do not invent protocols beyond what the platform already offers.
Which databases send to the NAS?+
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, and SQL Server — each with the same operational model and BYOS destination.
Send backups to your NAS over SFTP
Create an account, connect the SFTP destination, and start with the plan that fits your operation.