Best Practices for Setting Up Hybrid Cloud Storage on QNAP NAS?

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Hi all,

I’m currently setting up a hybrid cloud storage solution using a QNAP NAS (specifically the TS-x64 series) and wanted to get some advice or best practices from those who’ve done something similar.

The goal is to create a [hybrid cloud storage] setup that balances local storage performance with the scalability and redundancy of the cloud. QNAP’s Hybrid Backup Sync (HBS 3) looks promising, but I want to make sure I’m going about it the right way.

Here are a few questions I have:

  1. Best Cloud Services for Integration:
    Which cloud providers (e.g., Backblaze B2, AWS S3, Google Drive, OneDrive, Wasabi, etc.) have worked best for you in terms of reliability and performance with HBS 3?
  2. Performance Optimization:
    Are there tips for optimizing sync speeds or reducing lag in real-time sync jobs? I’m considering using QuDedup – is it worth it?
  3. Scheduling & Bandwidth Management:
    How do you manage backup schedules and bandwidth throttling so that cloud sync jobs don’t interfere with normal NAS operations?
  4. Security Practices:
    Any key security settings I should enable—like encryption, 2FA, VPN, or firewall rules—when syncing data with the cloud?
  5. Cost Management:
    How do you monitor and control costs, especially with services like AWS or Google that charge based on bandwidth and storage usage?
  6. Disaster Recovery & Versioning:
    Have you implemented version control or snapshot replication to protect against ransomware or accidental deletions?

Thanks in advance—looking forward to learning from your experiences!

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Just checking we are not talking to a bot as all of this sounds very AI generated.

What is your goal? Are you trying to setup a backup of your NAS? Are you trying to backup existing cloud data? Why did you link to a Lenovo Service page ? (Almost as if a LLM googled for the wrong cloud storage page)

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@arthurleo ,
You can try to use Wasabi cloud as their storage tier is just one, that is always hot :wink:

Pricewise it is much more economical than the other big cloud providers.

Connecting to Wasabi Cloud with QNAP Applications | QNAP

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I had good luck with Wasabi and it is most economical.

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