TCG Geek squad please enter the chat. Looking to help a friend get a NAS solution for his home. Requirements are fairly low:
"Set and forget" for backups, both MacOS and Windows
4-8TB of storage (probably RAID 1), can be 2 or 4 drives
- platter/rust spinner are okay, Read/Write speeds are not critical
Ethernet connection as it will attach directly to router. Dual ethernet is a bonus, but not required.
Easy GUI
That's about it. He wants to be able to have his multiple computers automatically backup to a single point. For the Mac's he'll be using Time Machine, but for the Windows machines I'm not sure what the NAS Manufacturer's solution is, and if it is any good. He'd prefer to not have to get another app, like Acronis to do the backups.
Also, if any of them have a solution to where mobile devices can also back up directly, that would be great. All devices are Apple-based (iPhones, iPad's). IIRC those need to be backed up either to iCloud or to a computer via iTunes (pre-Catalina, Windows) or Finder (post-Catalina).
Anyone have experience with any of the home NAS units? In doing some reading, and in prior conversation with The Thirdgen89GTA the general consensus was that Synology had the better devices, software, and OS.
"Set and forget" for backups, both MacOS and Windows
4-8TB of storage (probably RAID 1), can be 2 or 4 drives
- platter/rust spinner are okay, Read/Write speeds are not critical
Ethernet connection as it will attach directly to router. Dual ethernet is a bonus, but not required.
Easy GUI
That's about it. He wants to be able to have his multiple computers automatically backup to a single point. For the Mac's he'll be using Time Machine, but for the Windows machines I'm not sure what the NAS Manufacturer's solution is, and if it is any good. He'd prefer to not have to get another app, like Acronis to do the backups.
Also, if any of them have a solution to where mobile devices can also back up directly, that would be great. All devices are Apple-based (iPhones, iPad's). IIRC those need to be backed up either to iCloud or to a computer via iTunes (pre-Catalina, Windows) or Finder (post-Catalina).
Anyone have experience with any of the home NAS units? In doing some reading, and in prior conversation with The Thirdgen89GTA the general consensus was that Synology had the better devices, software, and OS.