Good evening Rather no, to barely: Synology supports external HDs, together with the backup app (depending on which NAS you have and which state e.g. Hyperbackup Vault etc.) you can easily back up to external HDs or other NAS, or to the cloud. LG

Yes, that is correct. There is a Y-USB cable included. You connect this to the Tandberg device and on the other side you have two USB plugs which you have to connect to the PC. One plug is for data transfer, the other for power supply.

According to the website: https://www.tandbergdata.com/us/index.cfm/products/removable-disk/rdx-quikstor/ PowerEncrypt PowerEncrypt hardware encryption is now included with the SATA III version of the Overland Tandberg RDX QuikStor drives***. RDX PowerEncrypt data encryption can be added to all RDX media encrypting data written to RDX media with AES-256 XTS standards. Data access is restricted to only those having a password key deployed with the RDX Manager software. In addition, software encryption is supported for all RDX drives, including external RDX QuikStor drives and RDX QuikStation removable disk appliances. Fixed Disk Mode for Windows Backup RDX QuikStor provides a fixed disk mode and allows a seamless integration into windows-backup.** Windows-Backup of current operating systems does not support removable media any more. Users are constrained either to refrain from an operating system upgrade, or to use a third party backup software.