Synology DS220+
2 x 2 TB, WD Red Plus
Question about Synology DS220+
Hello Dear Community I hope someone can help me because I can't find anything on the internet. Since I would prefer not to give my NAS remote access, i.e. no quickconnect etc., I wanted to ask if it is possible to secure my photos from my mobile phone (ios) automatically without quickconnect. I wanted to ask if it is still possible to automatically secure my photos from my phone (ios) via synology photos mobile without quickconnect or other remote access, so that it is simply automatically loaded into the NAS on the network.
Helpful answer
The software for synchronising photos also needs Quickconnect. An alternative would be to use Google Photos, which would give you a backup in the cloud for when you are on the road, and as soon as you are in your own home network, you can then additionally back up the photos from the phone to the NAS. However, I recommend buying a 4Bay Synology NAS, which is available from around 380 Swiss francs and gives you much more flexibility for later expansion, e.g. you lose less storage space because you can also work with smaller disks, but thanks to RAID 5 you also have better hardware failure safety. With a 2-bay NAS, you lose half the storage space because of RAID1, which is of course worse with larger disks, but you are definitely more flexible with a 4-bay NAS.
It would also be possible to use Nextcloud. This can be installed on the NAS.
Locally in your own network where the NAS is also present, you do not need a Quickconnect. There, the NAS can also be addressed directly with the IP.