[kvakvs]

Running a 2-drive Synology DiskStation, because MacOS backs up literally every hour, and shingle storage on NAS drives requires data relocation after write, the NAS-type hard drives are noisy and LOUD. It will be loud as long as your Macbook or iMac is on and is used. On the contrary Windows backs up weekly so its never a noise problem when my wife with Macbook is away. This has to be hidden somewhere where it won't overheat and also will not bother you with clicking/crunching the data.

At this point i have installed it and i stopped looking around for other solutions. It works for Windows, it works for Mac, i did not try Linux, but i don't really backup my Linux data, its all in Github anyway.

Is your data safe? Definitely as safe as 2 NAS-type drives can be. Did not experience data loss, but don't trust a comment on the internet, look for some research and statistics if you can find.

[danaris]

When you say "loud", what kind of noise are we talking about? Is it fans, or just a loud version of the standard "disk access" sounds anyone who lived through the pre-SSD era would recognize from any hard disk?

[pronoiac]

I like Synology, but I'd suggest more than two drives, so that increasing the size can be done gradually rather than by replacing every drive at the same time.