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I've had good luck with Synology plus WD Red drives. We had one at work that we we're connected to with Ethernet and we often worked off the NAS like it was local storage. At home I have 2x 3TB WD Red in Raid 1 in my PC that is shared on my network.

Based on research from some years back now Synology and QNAP were the leaders, the latter having been started by ex-employees of the former.

In terms of HDD’s there’s a cloud storage provider who would publish stats on consumer drive failure rates you can find. Hitachi were usually the best, with WD in second, and now owning Hitachi’s HDD division.

Thanks. Essentially I need safe storage for my music collection, at it needs to have around 4TB. I still buy a lot of CD's which I do not wish to backup again. The purchased downloads can always be re-downloaded.
Using Google Drive today for the most "sensitive" or my music, that I do not wish to lose should the worst happen.

Any experience with sync.com or pcloud?

I have used backblaze at work for online backup. It has been reliable and saved my ass a few times. Also look at the Buffalo Link Stations as a QNAP alternative.

The common choice is to grab a Synology NAS, then fill it with WD Reds at whatever is the current sweet spot. Not a bad option either. Just make sure that you back up whatever you choose though, as nothing's foolproof.

What's the catch with backblaze @Poleepkwa ? Priced very reasonable and unlimited space...

I might just pick up a 4TB WD red and run it in my ROON Core computer + a 4TB external drive as extra backup...

Better to pick up a pair of drives, run them as a mirrored pair as well as an external backup. Hell, do that in a little NAS, push the boat out. Back everything up, make sure it's easy to rebuild and try and avoid concentrating things into single points of failure like that.

@Kattefjaes fair point. Was hoping to avoid adding another box since my old converted PC acts as a box for backup of CD's with EAC, as roon core and storage unit. I've been happy with Google Drive so far, no fuss and just works.

I am researching this now. Current plan is to get a basic Synology NAS and shuck 2x 8tb WD Easystores and run as RAID 1. Will have most crucial files backed up to Onedrive amd possibly Backblaze for a full backup.

Has anybody had any experience running FreeNAS?

Last I used FreeNAS, it was pretty solid and nice, if you have hardware that you want to recycle. It won't be as quiet or power-efficient as a small NAS, though, if you're just reusing a desktop or something.

@Changeling the catch with backblaze is that you can't back up from a server OS, which isn't a problem for most people.

I suspect (but can't remember, I checked this too long ago) that you also cannot back up mapped network drives.

@elguapo FreeNAS is easy to set up, works well. If you are reusing old PC hardware, you might want to check the annual running cost if it's power hungry core2 stuff.

probably not the most popular NAS but I have run 3 ReadyNAS Duo and a ReadyNAS NV+, all with WD Enterprise RAID drives for ten years. Have experienced occasional drive failures but have NOT lost any data.

@atomicbob Thanks for the input! I think I'm set to pick up a couple of WD reds & stick them in my Roon-Core laptop which is running 24/7 anyway. Then add on an external drive for safety.

I’ve been running Synology NAS’s for several years now, started with a 4bay and moved over to an 8bay. The things are rock solid and require almost no maintenance, they just since in the corner and work. Mine is also full of WD Reds, most of them 8TBs shucked from easystores

Aboit BackBlaze. JustAnotherRando mention some limitations. I also remember that the upload speed in the beginning was not that fast.

You can use https://rclone.org to sync with Backblaze B2, but that's different to their fixed price all-you-can-eat consumer oriented service, I think.

This should be a thread. I'm interested in setting up some local drives for remote access and I need some help with proper setup for backups as well.

@Cspirou send me a ping if you decide to start a thread. I finally decided to use my roon endpoint (which also has the Lynx-card -> AES -> ADI-2 Pro) with NAS disks.
WD Red disks with mirroring (redundance really..) + a large portable drive for off site backup once per week.