


I have a 4-bay QNAP NAS and the default was RAID-5 which, according to things I've read, seems appropriate for that configuration. For you that may mean 2 external hard drives and 1 cloud service. You should have a minimum of 2-3 additional copies of your files. If you're using a laptop, then an external SSD, like a Samsung T7.Īre you working from a desktop or a laptop? You need to keep files you want to edit on an internal drive. It is great for storing masses of information but I don't think you'd be happy editing directly from it, especially video. Feel free to point me to existing threads if this has previously been covered. I would be connecting the NAS to my wifi-router and my laptop has wifi 802.11ac, which has a max rated speed of 1.7 Gbps. This is for personal home use and I'm just an amateur / enthusiast.

Any recommendations for cloud backup that automatically syncs? I currently use Microsoft one-drive, but I've learned that won't work with an external drive or NAS. Are they fast enough to do photo editing over wifi with the file residing on the NAS? What about occasional video editing? How hard was it to set up?Īlso, I want to have off-site redundancy. I think I like the idea of Network Attached Storage (NAS), but I'm curious about how well it works. I have run out of space on my computer and I'm looking for recommendations on setting up a storage / cloud backup system.
