Synology DS224+ and a few questions

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Hello,

We would like to buy our first NAS for home and home office use, in our own small business, for two people. We would like to use it on WIFI, the main thing is to have all data in one place and to make backups automatically from there.

We don't want to film, run servers, etc. Just store data in a central location and backup.

I was looking at DS224+ but have a few questions:

- unfortunately we have a small apartment, the NAS would be about 3-4 meters from the bed where we sleep. how loud is a NAS? Like a running laptop?-

Are WD red, red plus, Synology or Seagate HDDs the quietest? What are your experiences? 8 TB.

- For financial reasons I would buy only 1 8 TB HDD for the first time, no RAID1.

However, another external HDD would be plugged in and backed up to it, and also to the cloud. If I later buy another 8 TB HDD for the NAS, I can put it in without any problems and have RAID1?

Is it complicated to set up?I don't know the ports, IP, etc. I'm not a tech guru. Installing a windows program, etc. goes, but that's it. Can you get the NAS up and running in 1-2 hours?I don't have much time or inclination to deal with this for days, if it's a hassle I'd rather buy an external HDD, it's easier to copy.

Thanks!