10-17-2022, 11:48 AM
I think your tight $700 budget might be a little too tight for 2 new synology's to achieve everything your aiming at in addition to extra HDDs.
Also, watch those HDDs you currently have - if they're only desktop / laptop spec then they won't be supported for 24/7 NAS use. Plus you'll need to wipe them to format inside the NAS.
WD Reds or Seagate BaraCuda's are what you really need.
There is always the second hand market, which might get you closer to your end goal on your budget, but the downside is you don't know the history of the device and if it's second hand it'll be an older model so might not have any warranty left or be supported for so long.
The simplest solution would be to get one good quality new NAS the DS218Play (min spec I'd recommend), DS220+ (ideal mid term) or DS720+ (best).
You can make it accessible to both sites (until budget allows for a 2nd NAS) - then keep the 'best' at your main site and ship the lowest spec to your secondary site.
In the interim time, those old HDDs could be used for your backups. For added safety you could keep a copy at your secondary site.
As for JBOD, there's typically no circumstance when this is ever used in NAS without first having a principal RAID array in place.
You can of course use your 2TB + 3TB red in a RAID 1 - only you'll be limited to 2TB of storage until you can replace one / both discs. That'll fill up quite quickly with your 2 MAC backups and cloud storage - but make sure you reserve 10% for snapshots.
NAS snapshots aren't quite as I think you're seeing them. They record the current data / state of the drive - post snapshot they log just the changes, so revert to snapshot is like an 'undo' button that removes all the changes made to your data since it was taken.
Here's a link that explains a little more about Synology Snapshot management:
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/dsm/featu...eplication
Hope this helps.
Also, watch those HDDs you currently have - if they're only desktop / laptop spec then they won't be supported for 24/7 NAS use. Plus you'll need to wipe them to format inside the NAS.
WD Reds or Seagate BaraCuda's are what you really need.
There is always the second hand market, which might get you closer to your end goal on your budget, but the downside is you don't know the history of the device and if it's second hand it'll be an older model so might not have any warranty left or be supported for so long.
The simplest solution would be to get one good quality new NAS the DS218Play (min spec I'd recommend), DS220+ (ideal mid term) or DS720+ (best).
You can make it accessible to both sites (until budget allows for a 2nd NAS) - then keep the 'best' at your main site and ship the lowest spec to your secondary site.
In the interim time, those old HDDs could be used for your backups. For added safety you could keep a copy at your secondary site.
As for JBOD, there's typically no circumstance when this is ever used in NAS without first having a principal RAID array in place.
You can of course use your 2TB + 3TB red in a RAID 1 - only you'll be limited to 2TB of storage until you can replace one / both discs. That'll fill up quite quickly with your 2 MAC backups and cloud storage - but make sure you reserve 10% for snapshots.
NAS snapshots aren't quite as I think you're seeing them. They record the current data / state of the drive - post snapshot they log just the changes, so revert to snapshot is like an 'undo' button that removes all the changes made to your data since it was taken.
Here's a link that explains a little more about Synology Snapshot management:
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/dsm/featu...eplication
Hope this helps.
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