Lifespan of Synology NAS

[Mike48]

(22-06-2020 14:01)lyapounov Wrote:  As for me, I watch carefully the number of bad sectors. As soon as one happens, I change the HD.

As for the backup, I have now 5TB of music... so it is not an easy thing !

That is exactly my plan -- to change out a disk as soon as it reports a bad sector or any SMART warning.

Regarding backups: Amazon offers inexpensive 8 Tb USB drives for <$200 (amazing). I use a USB drive and Syncovery software to mirror what's on my NAS. The initial mirror took a long time, but incremental mirrors are just a few minutes. I do one manually each time I add music to my library. It could be automated, but I've never bothered.