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Inexpensive NAS for over 4TB backups - recommendations?
To date, we've backed up our ReadyNAS Pros using cheap USB drives. This has served us well over the past three years but as we move forward to much larger disks and volume capacity, I'm rethinking thi...
The RN102 is the Netgear equivalent - same processor speed, and similar performance. I use mine for backup (with 2 WD30EFRX drives installed, jbod). The RN102's frontview backup works well with my Pro-6 as the source. (I'm not suggesting that the Synology won't). The main issue with the RN1xx and RN3xx is that OS6 still has some issues that need fixing.
If you are thinking using RAID-0 to spanning the volume over 2 disks, then I strongly recommend against it. RAID-0 spanning drives is too fragile - any failure destroys the volume. JBOD or RAID-0 that doesn't span volumes are the same thing as far as I am concerned. The main issue with multiple backup volumes is that you need to manually balance the storage occasionally.
Overall I like backing up to another NAS - it keeps the backup device completely separate from the source.
If you need more capacity, then maybe get a four-slot unit - they would be more cost effective.
If you are thinking using RAID-0 to spanning the volume over 2 disks, then I strongly recommend against it. RAID-0 spanning drives is too fragile - any failure destroys the volume. JBOD or RAID-0 that doesn't span volumes are the same thing as far as I am concerned. The main issue with multiple backup volumes is that you need to manually balance the storage occasionally.
Overall I like backing up to another NAS - it keeps the backup device completely separate from the source.
If you need more capacity, then maybe get a four-slot unit - they would be more cost effective.
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