
You're right, my bad not aware of problems using CCC with sparse image on the Synology. Is there any need to partition the new drives, or will the sparsebundles coexist without issue on one partition?Ĥ.

My current backups are in sparsebundles, each on a separate drive (four bundles from two MacBook Pros). RAID type - I want mirrored drives I'd assume that choice will also be made at setup?ģ. Drive formatting - does the NAS handle that, or do I need to choose a format when I'm setting the system up?Ģ.

We are backing up two MacBook Pros, one with a 1TB SSD, the other with a 512GB SSD and a 256GB flash drive that never leaves.ġ. I'm thinking a couple 4TB drives will be good. Going through their NAS Selector, they recommend the DS218j, a two-bay setup. I think I'm starting in the right place, on the Synology web site. I use my current setup solely for backups, and don't see that changing. Now that I'm seriously considering a proper NAS, I find I have newbie questions.

My long-standing method of backing up, using CCC to a series of HDDs daisy chained off an old Time Capsule, is finally going to get the boot, as one of the drives is reporting errors.
