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As others have mentioned its important to highlight the difference between a sync (basically a replica of the source) vs a true backup which is historical data.
As far as tools goes, if the device is running OMV you might want to start by looking at the options within OMV itself to achieve this. A quick google hinted at a backup plugin that some people seem to be using.
If you're going to be replicating to a remote NAS over the Internet, try to use a site-to-site VPN for this and do not expose file sharing services to the internet (for example by port forwarding). Its not safe to do so these days.
The questions you need to ask first are:
Once you know that you will be able to determine:
I hope I haven't overwhelmed, discouraged or confused you more and feel free to ask as many questions as you need. Protecting your data isn't fun but it is important and its a good choice you're making to look into it
Second to this - for what its worth (and I may be tarred and feathered for saying this here), I prefer commercial software for my backups.
I've used many, including:
What was important to me was:
Believe it or not, I landed on Backup Exec. Veeam was the only other one to even get close. I've been using BE for years now and it has never skipped a beat.
This most likely isn't the solution for you, but I'm mentioning it just so you can get a feel for the sort of considerations I made when deciding how my setup would work.