I'd like to add a diskless NAS for onsite backups only. I'd like to keep the price under $300, but will go higher if it really makes sense. I'm also shopping now for a 12TB hard drive, and would like to get one that is likely to still be around in 3-4 months so I can add a second one for mirroring.
I need some recommendations.
Other details and requirements follow:
- Two PCs in the house; a third one to be added later this year.
- Windows 10 on both PCs. No current plans for other OSs.
- The NAS will only stay at home and the drives won't be swapped out until I repurpose them or replace them with bigger capacity drives.
- All PCs already do their own local backups to a USB or directly-connected SATA drive. Those drives will be rotated for offsite storage.
- Should support 12 TB of freespace if it has 2 bays or less.
- A single 12 TB drive to start.
- A second drive + mirroring to be added in July or August for some redundancy.
- Should support Ethernet. WIFI a bonus.
- I use Macrium and would like to protect/encrypt these backups in the event that the drives or NAS are stolen.
- No DIY solutions this time. I'll install my own hard drives, but I simply don't have the time or energy to build something from scratch.
I think I prefer Synology diskless, but I don't understand the model numbering scheme.
Thoughts and comments welcome!