For no good reason, though I'm happy with my NAS (Synology), but since it's 3 yrs old and just 1.6GHz single-core, I'm pondering a next -NAS. With drive capacity we have, I'll stay with a 2-bay, non-RAID. In 3 years, I've not filled 2TB. I don't do movie/video ripping. Just lots of software development related items, huge numbers of downloads, and 1GB of financials/investments/taxes (encrypted virtual disk from SafeHouse Software). And family photos. Backups for me are: USB3 2TB, SD card for VVIP files. On-line Adrive 100GB for selected things I need to share, and I don't rely on their encryption for personal info.
As I look at QNAP, I don't find an equivalent to Synology's DSM "Time Backup" utility. This is a file versioning backup. You config a backup of a list of existing folders, and say how many months of backups to retain. Older than that, they get deleted, when space is needed. My versioned archive is about 1.3TB for 6 months' back, and 3 years of accumulations. I don't backup backups like drive images from other PCs.
In QNAP, I found only one utility that does file versioning. But as I read it, the folders for files to be version-backed have to all be subdirectories of one directory. Unlike the above, with Synology's Time Backup. Having to subordinate such folders, rather than as Synology does with a list of folders, is impractical. So impractical that it must be that I didn't actually find QNAP's equivalent.
Anyone know?
As I look at QNAP, I don't find an equivalent to Synology's DSM "Time Backup" utility. This is a file versioning backup. You config a backup of a list of existing folders, and say how many months of backups to retain. Older than that, they get deleted, when space is needed. My versioned archive is about 1.3TB for 6 months' back, and 3 years of accumulations. I don't backup backups like drive images from other PCs.
In QNAP, I found only one utility that does file versioning. But as I read it, the folders for files to be version-backed have to all be subdirectories of one directory. Unlike the above, with Synology's Time Backup. Having to subordinate such folders, rather than as Synology does with a list of folders, is impractical. So impractical that it must be that I didn't actually find QNAP's equivalent.
Anyone know?
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