I've disabled versioning and set up my first backup of My Documents which included ebooks. With the exception of the 'versioning' issue (if the default is left at 32 versions), does it really work that badly? I guess I might just have to learn the hard way. I thought getting the NAS was the one way to simplify the backup process and have peace of mind (by running RAID 1). While I get that everyone has a unique backup situation (business versus home, critical data, security, etc.), I've read through tons of 'backup' posts both here within r/Synology and elsewhere on the net and was amazed at how little positive support there was for the included Cloud Station Backup software. Without delving into all of the other possibilities of a NAS, my priority was backing up files (audiobooks, ebooks, documents, music, photos, video and DAW recordings) from Win 7 64 (Home) and other shared drives to NAS. DSM 6.0 released a few days after I bought it before I really set anything up, so I just updated everything this weekend. I didn't have a lot to spend but I was getting paranoid about eventually losing data and so I recently bought a new DS214. I spent a couple of nights consolidating and organizing folders so that the eventual backup would be more tidy. I've been wanting to get a more organized backup up solution in place here at home and I admit, I'm new to strategizing how to best go about this.

Why do so many Synology users avoid using Cloud Station Backup?

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