04-08-2023, 04:00 AM
I have a Drobo 5D3 that has 5-5TB drives that I only use for time machine. 2tb internal on my Mac and 16 TB external drives that I backup, all through time machine. Don't have a need for NAS but after watching hours of video I think the Synology DS1522+ is a good fit. Not sure if you can configure without NAS support. Also considered the OWC Thunderbay 8, nut not a fan of Softraid and the fan noise. Might have to replace my 5 HGST 5TB NAS drives but I thought I would try it with them and see what happens. Thanks, Tom