I want to buy my first device nas it is mainly for backing up family photos and private material.
I was thinking of taking 2 drives from QNAP
I would be happy to help you choose the right model.
Another question is it worth taking a fit for a 2.5 SDD drive since the feeling is that 3.5 drives in the future were not?
Since I served NAS at 2.5 more expensive
The price range is up to $ 500
When choosing NAS for backups there are few things to look out for. Any NAS will be able to run a file server and therefore automated can be done on a computer side. But some other NAS will automate backups on the server-side. If you want a snapshot technology you may want a NAS with Celeron based processor. This will protect your NAS against things like ransomware and accidental data deletion. You will also get file version control just like on Dropbox. So if you made some changes in the file by mistake, you can always roll back to a few previous versions. Some models also come with a USB quick copy button at the front. This is a configurable button and will automatically copy data from/to the attached USB drive. This is helpful if you do weekly backups on the external disk. You can also set up a remote replication service with another NAS over the internet. Either it is your seconds NAS or friend's NAS, your data will be automatically stored remotely and be encrypted. This protects your data against disasters like flood/fire/thieves.I would recommend TS-251D. It is a multimedia friendly model.I hope this helps.