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I have a home PC which is LAN connected to an Asus ac66u router and a Synology DS412SE NAS. Other computers are connected via WiFi and router. Both the router and synology have only USB2 peripheral conntectors. My PC has one USB3 connector. The Synology is used for work data and other critical...

Thanks for the view. However I dont understand why a NAS (Synology), if it is used for backup needs a backup. To extrapolate to the ridiculous, using only NAS devices for backup would never work because the last NAS would still require a backup. Whats wrong with holding the master files on my PC...

Thanks for your reply. This is what I dont understand; with Raid O I would have one complete set of (PC)master files on my PC and one complete backup on my Synology. The other network computers would have their master files on their respective hard drives. If a PC fails, install Synology Raid O...

This is going to be a long question. I purchased a DS214SE (+ 2x 4TB red drives) some 8 months ago with a vague view to improving my home system and to take advantage of remote file access synching across the internet when working away from home. To date I havent really used it other than for...