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<p>I am still quite confused, but I do think I want both a NAS and a DAS. A DAS at my house, and a NAS at my parents that can backup the DAS. Is this pointless? Why is a NAS better than a DAS?</p>

<p>I am actually not looking for a NAS, but a DAS. The connection is much quicker, and I'd rather not be dependant of a network while working.<br> I know that MyCloud is a NAS, but I am not sure why I can't use it as my own cloud kept at a separate location? I am aware of the various cloud solution, but I am not interested in paying a months fee, and I have quite a large amount of images I want to back up, so it would be too slow and expensive. <br> I have read about DROBO, but they are fixed in size, and I think I might be better of configuring my own? And I definitely don't want it to do anything automatic, as I will be using it for backup, and my iMac has very limited space. </p>

<p dir="ltr">I am a professional photographer and I am looking for a new way of storing my images. I think I want a 2-6 bay hdd cabinet set to RAID 1, with the potential to start off with 2 disks and add on more when neccesary. In adidtion I want to back this up to my own cloud (like mycloud from wd), but I dont want this to happen automatically/not mirrored, in case I accidentally delete something. So I need a (manual) system of how I can back this up after making changes to files in the RAID setup.</p> <p dir="ltr">I am also not sure of what transfer speed I need. I am not really considering working directly off the harddrives, but rather use my iMac for working, and when my files are delivered to the clients I transfer them to the back-up, and will of course maybe need to access them again, but mainly my use will be for storage. Therefor I think thunderbolt may be a bit unnessecary, and USB 3 should suffice.</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Can I start off using 2 disks i a 4/5/6-bay cabinet and add more as I go?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Can I use it solely for manual back-up and not have an automatic system?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">What transfer speed should I look into when I am thinking of primarily using the cabinet as backup? Thunderbolt? USB3? Something else?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Is there a concrete recommendation of a cabinet and/or cloud I should look into?</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">PS: I have no idea of what I am talking about here, and this might not make sense, which is why I need some input..<br> Thanks, Ingvild</p>