Dropbox Back-up for Synology NAS

[azblk7]

Hello all,

Apologies for the repost if so but I need help understanding the functionality of the cloud tech and services.

My goal is to have an unlimited cloud backup on Dropbox of my Synology NAS archive. Does Dropbox Back-Up support that?

Details:

I have a Synology NAS 4-bay. I use it for personal archives and some client collaboration (photo and video).

I want to use Dropbox for client collaboration instead and reserve Synology for personal archive and backblaze as cloud back-up for the archive (which also includes client work). Mostly because the Synology is currently via wifi and is too slow for collaborating but okay for archive.

While making a personal Dropbox account I saw Dropbox Back-up allows unlimited space for backing up. I thought this might be useful and perhaps an alternative to backblaze for the back-ups need (in addition to the personal account for collaboration needs)

Then I saw this, "Files on your PC or Mac are continuously backed up to the cloud."

Does Dropbox Back-Up support syncing all Synology NAS files with unlimited space or only the local computer and external drive?

Is this how this works or am I thinking about this wrong?

Edit: Synology has Hyper Backup where you can sync to Dropbox. Do I start there and work back to Dropbox Backup unlimited plan?

[Jay]

Hi @azblk7, thanks for messaging the Community!

Just for clarification, are you referring to the Dropbox Backup feature itself, or the Dropbox Backup plan?

This will help me to assist further!

[azblk7]

Hi Jay,

I'm referring to Backup plan. Thanks for the reply.

[Jay · Accepted solution]

If the Synology is detected as a single local external drive connected via USB, then it could be backed up using Dropbox Backup, as network drives aren't supported.

Any built-in Synology app would not be supported by the Backup plan.