NAS recommendations please

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I have looked at various NAS devices, WD and Synergy but more confused now so after a little advice please.
I primarily need one to backup my camera images, as well as normal every day data. I shoot .Raw files which are huge and really running out of external disk storage. Im after something around the 6-8TB and of course understand the Raid 1 system so would only get half that storage.
I have a Onedrive account but its so flippin slow and un reliable to upload to en mass that I need a better option. Talking Onedrive, how would NAS compare when accessing remotely compared to Onedrive?

Any comments very welcome.
 
Thanks, when I say remotely I just mean the odd thing over the web when out and about, nothing major yet.
Apart from that I really want it for backing up, 99% of my data is photographic related which is why I want to use a NAS as an archive.
I understand its always going to be faster wired, do you mean via USB?. I can put up with a slower WiFi synch backup when I get the majority backed up from this machine and external hard disks.
Im torn between WD and Synergy units, I have looked at My Cloud Expert, and My Cloud Pro plus Synergy and led to believe the My Cloud Expert is a good option.
 
Thanks for your long reply Donnie.
I knew what you meant when you said wired, I miss my Ethernet socket, just when I needed one. I also understand your concernes with bottlenecking when moving large quantities of data, thats something I had not heard before.
So, having said that what could you recommend to me, in fact it was the Synology DS218J or the WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra which I was thinking of. I have seen too much info on Youtube so Im sinking fast.
 
Thanks Scythe, I see your logic about getting a 4-bay unit to future proof it to a degree. Are you talking about a Synology DiskStation DS418, that seems the basic next level after the 2-bay units?. What HD's would you recommend, WD Red or Seagate Irinwolf?. Pardon my ignorance, if I put 2x8TB's in, had it running for while, what happens if I were to add 2 more 2x8TB's into the unit?. Would it turn the entire thing into 1x4 drive 8TB over all 4 drives?.

Thanks for your help
 
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