[Help] Want help / guidance on configuring for TimeMachine [SOLVED]

[ShoutingMan]

I'm new to using a NAS, and I'm discovering it's a more complicated and powerful system than I'm used to. I could really use some advice on configuring my system to add a TimeMachine drive for macOS backups.

I have 30 TB total (16,16,10,8 TB drives in TRAID). I have 16TB in the Pool and allocated to Volume 1, using BTRFS. I have a Media folder used for Emby. It also has the user directories in this Volume.

There is 14 TB space unallocated space free.

I want 1 TB for TimeMachine.

• Do I create a 1TB Volume 2 using BTRFS, create a "Time Machine" folder, and point my Mac at that?

• Do I add 1TB to Volume 1, create a "Time Machine" folder, and point my Mac to that? Can I set that folder to be no larger than 1TB to constrain TimeMachine?

• Should I have set this up differently to start, with different Volumes for the different major uses, like a Volume for the basic system, a Volume dedicated to Emby, a Volume dedicated to TimeMachine, etc?

Any insight is appreciated!

[CursaYang]

Rather than creating different volumes, we recommend creating different shared folders. This makes naming and management easier. When creating shared folders, you can set storage quotas.

[ShoutingMan]

Thanks that's helpful!