I currently have a Synology DS220+ that I bought in a pinch when my DS418play started saying I had drive errors (they were fine) then it stopped working.
I have 5 drives total, all the same size. There are 2 Drives in the DS220 and 3 being rotated through on a monthly backup cycle with a simple HDD dock and a calendar reminder to go get the next drive in sequence and swap it out.
Current Usecase in criticality from (most to least)
- Photos (family photos etc)
- Documents & Books
- Movies
- Music
Options I am thinking of
- Continue to use my HDD dock with the DS220+ and monthly backup routine (Cheap but janky).
- Buy a DAS enclosure (like an Orico 4/5 bay), plug it into the back of the DS220+ and use Hyper Backup to schedule backups to each of the remaining drives in sequence (Not so cheap but not so janky) or
- Build a DIY NAS (Jonsbo N3/TrueNas) using all the drives + 95% of the parts from my aging Mitx system (i7-8700k/16gb ram/SSDs etc) when I replace it with a m4 mac mini.
I don't particularly want to buy a bigger Synology Chassis either (Though DSM is nice).
I realise I may have answered my own question but other points of view if there are any would be appreciated.