03-15-2021, 01:14 PM
If this is your first NAS I think Synology would be a great choice thanks to its simplicity and reliability. But if you want to double your data transfer speeds with 2.5GbE you would need a USB 5GbE adapter or Qnap NAS with 2.5GbE LAN.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.All Qnap and Synology models come with an app that SYNC all mobile multimedia with a NAS. Adding SSD would speed up the NAS and lower the noise (which is low already with home models).You can have a 4 bay with 2 or 3 drives so that you can add more drives alter and increase the storage space. This makes it a future proof choice. But if you want to replace this NAS sooner then consider a 2-bay.DS218+ or TS-251D from 2-bay range and DS420+ / TS-453D2 from 4-bay range.I hope this helps.