I have a NAS I'm planning to expand to 4~6 TB of Data

For external backups: I'm thinking of having a single external HDD (maybe around 8TB to begin) I would periodically insert to make backups.

I saw that I can get an 8TB regular external HDD from both Seagate and WD Elements for about 200 USD, I'm not sure what to look out for though...

Are there any recommendations for me?

In 2020, what is a recommended backup service?
Right now I have about 1.5 TB of data, I expect that to grow until about 5TB over the next 5~10 years.
I rather pay a little extra to know the service is reliable, like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
But I wanted to see if there are recommendations for me from this community?

These are the choices (see attached image):

I set up a backup with QNAP "HBS3 backup & sync". I'm trying to back up 1TB for the first time.
-- First 12 hour it did 46% -- It's been 6 hours since then, but now is only at 53%...
Backup options: (1) backup to Google Drive (2) client side encryption (3) these (default) compression settings (see attachement)

Question: Is it normal it takes so long?

I have 1TB which was "compressed" and "encrypted" into about 800GB as a backup on Google Drive.
The backup was made with the official QNAP HBS app.
HOWEVER, I bet there were several connection interruption while it was making the initial backup so...
Now I just don't know if I should feel safe or not, how can I test if the backup is / stays healthy and has integrity and not corrupt? Is there any way we can check this periodically?

I just bought an Asustor Nimbustor AS5304T. This has dual 2.5Gbe ethernet ports. My PC has a 10Gbe ethernet port but my switch is only 1Gbe capable.

So I tried to place my NAS 'between' the PC and the switch, hoping that the PC would see the NAS at 2.5Gbe whilst the PC and NAS would then see the rest of the world at only 1Gbe.

To be clear, NAS ethernet port 1 to PC, NAS ethernet port 2 to switch.

However, when I do this the PC cannot see the internet, but can see the NAS.

How can I achieve what I want, without having to buy an expensive new switch?

Thanks!

PS I'm not a Trump nut, I just mispelled Mega :-)

I followed your guide and saw that my used swap memory has a value of 360Mb and should be 0 like stated (in your guide, you are at 4Kb).

So I guess I should upgrade my memory in my NAS, I received errors that I had not enough ressources to play some files on my plex server, so I guess this is related.

I have the DS1817 unchanged, what maximum memory is supported officially and unoficially (can I have 16 Gb on that model) and which memory modules I should get.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, wanted to upgrade my DS-414, 4 Bay NAS with more memory and/or a more powerfull CPU.
If this is not possible are there possibilities to change the whole Main board witch would have more RAM and a more powerfull CPU, or would it be better to buy a completely NEW NAS?

I appreciate your website and videos. They’re very helpful. I’m trying to figure out if a NAS can replace my DVR which I rent from my cable service. Can a NAS schedule and record tv programs from my cable provider? If so, which NAS devices would work well with this?

I am looking for a benchmark between Windows File Server versus HDS NAS.

Hi, I am looking into getting my first NAS QNAP TS230 with 2x 4TB HDDs. My question is-

QNAP has a "recommended" NAS HDD drives list on their website, does it mean it wont work as efficiently from something outside that list? I was thinking of getting the Seagate Ironwolf ST4000VN0008 which is not a part of the recommended list on QNAP's website.