I work for a small company where everyone works remotely from different parts of the country. I'm looking to create a shared file server using 2 or 3 NASes that would be located in different locations. The original idea was that each NAS would sync bidirectionally with each other, and the individual clients would connect with whichever NAS was closest to them. But the more I read the more it looks like bidirectional sync is not really supported by anyone (but the info I've found has all been at least a couple years old, so maybe that's not true anymore?) If bidirectional sync isn't realistic, does it make sense to set one NAS as a master and have all the clients connect to that, and then mirror that NAS to the other locations?
My worry with that is that the clients that are connecting from a different location would see sluggish response when navigating the folder structure of the NAS, and it is very important that the speed not be noticeably different than browsing local files. Ideally I'd like to get something setup that works like how OneDrive used to work, where you could see the entire folder structure on the client, but choose which folders were synced for offline use and which ones were available in the cloud only. Is this possible with the Synology or QNAP clients?
Am I thinking about this correctly? The only real goal is to have fast and easy access to all of our company files from anywhere in the world, have good conflict management or collaboration tools (as we will almost certainly have multiple users working on the same file at the same time at some point) and have it all be on company owned hardware. I have very little experience with NAS beyond a single drive Buffalo unit I've used for personal use for a few years, so I'm not sure if I'm expecting too much from the more advanced units. Our data needs are very, very limited (easily less than 100GB, and most of that is non-essential archives. Active files would be less than 10GB)
My worry with that is that the clients that are connecting from a different location would see sluggish response when navigating the folder structure of the NAS, and it is very important that the speed not be noticeably different than browsing local files. Ideally I'd like to get something setup that works like how OneDrive used to work, where you could see the entire folder structure on the client, but choose which folders were synced for offline use and which ones were available in the cloud only. Is this possible with the Synology or QNAP clients?
Am I thinking about this correctly? The only real goal is to have fast and easy access to all of our company files from anywhere in the world, have good conflict management or collaboration tools (as we will almost certainly have multiple users working on the same file at the same time at some point) and have it all be on company owned hardware. I have very little experience with NAS beyond a single drive Buffalo unit I've used for personal use for a few years, so I'm not sure if I'm expecting too much from the more advanced units. Our data needs are very, very limited (easily less than 100GB, and most of that is non-essential archives. Active files would be less than 10GB)
