Favorite Home NAS
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I was looking at grabbing a Synology DS216j, anyone have any experience with them or have a different NAS you'd recommend? Primary use will just be for home device and lab backups.
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Synology and ReadyNAS are definitely the two I would recommend.
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Synology all the way.
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It just so happens that my favorite SMB backup repository NAS is the same as my favorite home NAS. Synology FTW!
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ReadyNAS running here
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Although Synology and ReadyNAS are far superior and I would always try those first, especially Synology, at low prices, you seem to get the most bang for your buck with QNAP.
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@scottalanmiller the only two I had looked at thus far what a coincidence haha
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I have a QNap but set up a Synology for the in-laws. Would highly recommend the Synology line.
I also have a few of them at work.
My QNap is ok but I usually only turn it on to back up to.
It’s a fairly decent DLNA server too -
If I didn’t have a server at home with a VM for a nas, then I would go with Synology. Great devices.
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@fuznutz04 said in Favorite Home NAS:
If I didn’t have a server at home with a VM for a nas, then I would go with Synology. Great devices.
What hardware are you running?
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I had a qnap, but it died within a year. I didnt even use it much.
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@mattbagan said in Favorite Home NAS:
I had a qnap, but it died within a year. I didnt even use it much.
That is their claim to fame. Fast, loaded with features, dies quickly, and basically no support.
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@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Home NAS:
@mattbagan said in Favorite Home NAS:
I had a qnap, but it died within a year. I didnt even use it much.
That is their claim to fame. Fast, loaded with features, dies quickly, and basically no support.
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@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Home NAS:
@mattbagan said in Favorite Home NAS:
I had a qnap, but it died within a year. I didnt even use it much.
That is their claim to fame. Fast, loaded with features, dies quickly, and basically no support.
They do have a lot of features.
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@wrx7m said in Favorite Home NAS:
@fuznutz04 said in Favorite Home NAS:
If I didn’t have a server at home with a VM for a nas, then I would go with Synology. Great devices.
What hardware are you running?
Dell R710
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@fuznutz04 I believe I just recommended that Synology model to my Museum director. It is for his home and he is just using Western Digital passports. When he complained about losing some family photos I inquired as to what he was doing for backup. Since he is not overly technical I recommended the Synology and offered to help him with it if he wanted. I have complete confidence in Synology because you get what you pay for.
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Just found this review of the Netgear ReadyNAS 524X. Apparently Netgear have a new line os NAS units.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/03/the-netgear-readynas-524x-is-a-data-hoarders-delight -
@nadnerb said in Favorite Home NAS:
Just found this review of the Netgear ReadyNAS 524X. Apparently Netgear have a new line os NAS units.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/03/the-netgear-readynas-524x-is-a-data-hoarders-delightNice, amazon has a 40 TB capacity package for $2200..
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I am flat biased against the Netgear name. I have never liked them after the first couple home routers I tried from them way back around 2000 sucked balls.
Opinion reinforced in 2009 when my predecessors used Netgear switches at a client and we had issues setting up a basic VLAN trunk port (VLAN for guest WiFi).
Opinions reinforced again when we picked up a client in 2011 that had all Netgear switches and I could not get them to properly team with LACP when the switches said they could do it.
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@jaredbusch said in Favorite Home NAS:
I am flat biased against the Netgear name. I have never liked them after the first couple home routers I tried from them way back around 2000 sucked balls.
Opinion reinforced in 2009 when my predecessors used Netgear switches at a client and we had issues setting up a basic VLAN trunk port (VLAN for guest WiFi).
Opinions reinforced again when we picked up a client in 2011 that had all Netgear switches and I could not get them to properly team with LACP when the switches said they could do it.
It's not just you, I've never liked them either due to similar issues.
