Looking for Advice on Using a NAS for Backups
I’m looking for feedback on backing up to a NAS, and any experiences with the Synology DiskStation DS220j in particular. My needs are pretty simple, two Macs in the house, a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro, and a 2014 Intel Mac mini, both running Monterey 12.6.9. I’d like to have the ability to backup both systems over wifi, with ChronoSync as well as Time Machine. What I don’t know (no experience with any NAS) is just how fast, or slow, I can expect the backups to run (18 to 20 GB total per machine). The initial backup I suspect will take some time, I’m more interested in the subsequent backups. Compared to a local SSD I would think a somewhat slower, but how much slower, if one can put a number to that. Don’t want to spend the money if I’m looking at something 4 to 5 times the time to do subsequent backups. Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6