WD my cloud nas

[Fanatical Meat]

Hey guys, I’m looking for a home backup system for 2 PCs and my iPhone.
I’m a realtor and I have periods of time where I take a ton of pictures & video that I need to store for for sometime but not forever (months not years)
Keeping the data protected it important so I’d like some sort of raid setup but the data isn’t mission critical data. Below looks like what I want but I’m not sure about the iPhone backup plus $350 is kind of steep.

https://www.wd.com/en-us/products/n...h2OzQQzEAkYASABEgIltfD_BwE#WDBVBZ0040JCH-NESN

This unit states iPhone pictures & video backup but no raid feature. Do these things give any warning of hard drive failure?
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-my-cloud-home-4tb-personal-cloud-white/5990204.p?skuId=5990204

Looking for thoughts or suggestions

*I hate using apples iCloud, confusing and too basic. I’m not paying monthly for apples meager storage options either.

** I’m not going android either

 

[mpo]

You have to look into the My Cloud Home Duo series for Raid options.

 

[VirtualLarry]

If you want RAID (mirroring - RAID 1), then you do need to get the My Cloud Home Duo.

Do note, that the price will be slightly exorbitant.

If you'de rather roll your own, get a QNAP TS-451+, or TVS-951X-US, and a pair of 10TB WD Red drives. Those can be found in WD EasyStore External Desktop HDDs, from BestBuy on ebay. (You have to "shuck" them - remove them from their enclosure. Not hard, can be done with a butter knife.)

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822232993&ignorebbr=1

 

[Rifter]

I would not use RAID, you need to backup anyways as a hardware failure can take out the whole RAID array anyways.

So for your situation i would just buy a cheap non raid NAS or build your own, and then have a good backup plan, ideally with 3 copies of the data. I backup my server onto external USB drives monthly. As well as a cloud backup of my most critical files weekly.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I would not use RAID, you need to backup anyways as a hardware failure can take out the whole RAID array anyways.

So for your situation i would just buy a cheap non raid NAS or build your own, and then have a good backup plan, ideally with 3 copies of the data. I backup my server onto external USB drives monthly. As well as a cloud backup of my most critical files weekly.

I was thinking that last night, maybe a cheaper version like the $180 version then use a cheap usb back up drive to back the $180 unit up occasionally. I don't need a disaster recovery plan. Basically just some files and photos I don't want to loose but I also do not need to archive these indefinitely. All the critical stuff is professionally backed up. Losing some of my stuff is just a major pain in the ass.

 

[VirtualLarry]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108418

 

[KentState]

What are you taking the photo and videos with?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

What are you taking the photo and videos with?

An iPhone
I’d also like to back up about 1TB OF desktop data. Don’t have that now but I’m sure the day will come.

 

[KentState]

An iPhone
I’d also like to back up about 1TB OF desktop data. Don’t have that now but I’m sure the day will come.

I know you aren't a fan of iCloud, but have you looked at Googles, Amazon or Microsofts offerings? How about imgur? While I do backup my images locally, I sync to multiple cloud providers as well. For example, Amazon Prime is free for unlimited and Google gives you 15GB.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I know you aren't a fan of iCloud, but have you looked at Googles, Amazon or Microsofts offerings? How about imgur? While I do backup my images locally, I sync to multiple cloud providers as well. For example, Amazon Prime is free for unlimited and Google gives you 15GB.

Yes, I have some one drive storage but syncing pictures from the iPhone to it is problematic.

 

[KentState]

Yes, I have some one drive storage but syncing pictures from the iPhone to it is problematic.

Maybe give Google Drive a try. The Google Photos app will automatically sync your photos to the cloud and then can be edited, shared or saved to other devices. Of all the ones I tried, it's my go to in this situation.

Otherwise, I've had a lot of luck with the Synology NAS devices. The make affordable two-bay models that could server as a repository and backup destination.