RAID Configuration Advice & Suggestions

[yamkara]

Had a question for this forum:
I have a Netgear ReadyNas Duo (2x2TB setup as XRAID) and I just bought a Synology Ds212j.
I have 4 HDDs:
2x2 TB (currently in the ReadyNAS)
2x3 TB


What would be the best way to setup the 2 devices so that I have the best backup & redundancy.

PS I am a newbie to this forum and a prosumer at best

 

[stevech]

There are many strategies. With my DS212, here's what I do

No RAID ("RAID is not a backup") - especially in a 2 drive NAS.

Disk 1 is volume 1; disk 2 is volume 2.
Disk 1 has all the shares for LAN users, etc.
The Time Machine backup copies most folder on drive 1 to a time machine backup series on drive 2. So when I need an older version, it's there.

Every few hours, really VIP files are automatically copied to a 32GB SD card in the DS212, using DSM backup tools

Every week, really key folders are copied to a 2TB USB3 drive that is then moved away from the NAS, in case of a theft.

SafeHouse shareware runs on PCs to keep really private data encrypted on a mountable FAT32 virtual drive.

I feel that human error (rm xxx.* - oh oops), or file system corruption are more likely than a drive failure. RAID protects only for drive failures.

 

[yamkara]

There are many strategies. With my DS212, here's what I do

No RAID ("RAID is not a backup") - especially in a 2 drive NAS.

Disk 1 is volume 1; disk 2 is volume 2.
Disk 1 has all the shares for LAN users, etc.
The Time Machine backup copies most folder on drive 1 to a time machine backup series on drive 2. So when I need an older version, it's there.

Every few hours, really VIP files are automatically copied to a 32GB SD card in the DS212, using DSM backup tools

Every week, really key folders are copied to a 2TB USB3 drive that is then moved away from the NAS, in case of a theft.

SafeHouse shareware runs on PCs to keep really private data encrypted on a mountable FAT32 virtual drive.

I feel that human error (rm xxx.* - oh oops), or file system corruption are more likely than a drive failure. RAID protects only for drive failures.

Thanks. That what i was leaning towards. For the synology, is tis the same as JBOD?