To be clear, I agreed with the "NAS is not a backup" stance, and when I said 8 bays present more of a problem, I simply meant more money, and where does it end. And before you say it, I know I shouldn't play with the big boys if I can't afford it. (of course you can still say it if you want)
Also, my data is fine, its the QNAP that failed, again! I would like to start seeing some failure rate stats for these units, because I fear we may all be shocked. Maybe i'm wrong, but in a QNAP system I think the drives should be the weak point, and I have had more qnaps failures than drive failures since 2005. And not that it matters, but the only reason I shut my unit down was to help a client with another unit that had failed. For a 2000$ unit in warranty, I find the lack of any troubleshooting and parts replacement, and a 3-4 week rma process to be punitive. That has nothing to do with how I backed up my data or if I even backed up my data. I had to make 4/5 phone calls just to get someone to discuss simply sending me a psu, which is the most likely issue.
Now, I like qnap more than synology, but here is how you can get to your data when your synology fails, even with raid (full disclosure I have never tried this on my synology), posted on a synology help page, I see no equivalent page from QNAP.
https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledg ... using_a_PC
P3R, I don't know you and of course you have the right to respond as you see fit. I was simply separating what I felt was useful for everyone to know, that we could add another 872XT that quit working suddenly to a growing list, from my personal opinions, which have no real value to the group. And I pre-agreed with the fact that I should have backups to save someone the trouble of telling me I should have backups. I simply feel like QNAP has made moves to make a bad situation more difficult/expensive to fix. What I'm missing was things I wanted to try to set up on my QNAP, not the data on the drives.
Tone is tough to perceive on a forum post, so this all is meant in the friendliest way possible in case it doesn't come across that way. Happy Holidays!