[H] NAS Backup Advice (External USB3 Drive)

fxit_man

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Hi Guys

I have a 5 bay Synology NAS running RAID5 and one drive failed recently (3TB Seagate).

I need an external backup solution so as to not rely on RAID, and my NAS supports eSATA as well as USB3.

Do you think I should go with a USB3 enclosure, and a normal SATA6 seagate hard drive 3TB or so? Or should I rather get one of the already packaged products such as the Seagate Backup Plus?

I see the warranty on the Seagate Backup Plus is only 2 years. If I was to put together my own external drive enclosure then I would have 3 years on the drive I understand.

Any advice welcome. Thanks
 
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