Subj : Dead NAS...
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Sep 19 2024 03:57 am

  Re: Dead NAS...
  By: Ogg to Arelor on Wed Sep 18 2024 06:54 pm

 >  A> I can't talk about the Synology. Word in the street is that
 >  A> Synology is the Apple of the NAS world.
 >
 > You're the 2nd person that has mentioned such a thing to me.
 > So.. it's best to stay away from Synology boxes if the hope is
 > to install DIY NAS software?

I am only mentioning what I have heard. I don't have hands-on experience with Synology.

If your hope is to install your own NAS software then I guess it is because you are after specfic features, at which point I am sure you will be better off building your own machine from parts.

If you are still running on a low budget but want some custom NAS software, I think the Asustor NAS  manufacturer goes as far as publishing tutorials for replacing the factory firmware with third-party Operating Systems. Bonus points because the hardware is competitively priced.

Personally, I think if you are buying low end you can't justify the time it takes to replace the factory OS.

 > A two-bay would be good enough for me to start with.  And 4TB
 > (2 x 8TB, RAID 1) would be plenty.  I too primarily just need
 > to store clone-images and basic backups.

Most people would be fine with that, but keep in mind a NAS is more than two drives in an enclosure. They have a CPU, network card and RAM memory. If those aren't strong enough you can overpower the machine if you abuse it.

My Link Station 500 (on paper, more powerful than the LS220 you linked) is quite fine on regular use. Then one day you need to upload 3TB of data in small files using a script and FTP. It will take 4 days for such a NAS to accept and store all that many files because the hardware can't take them faster, and I have seen the machine drop connections because it became resource starved.

Which is fine, because it is a low budget model from 2015.

I mean, if you plan to upload and download a couple of files every now and then, a low specs Buffalo is perfectly fine. Still, if you are going the cheapo road I find D-Link's DNS-320L is a bit more reliable under heavy load and last time I checked it had a comparable price.

None of these models I am discussing are still supported. Ensure they are not Internet reachable. I place all this stuff in isolated VLANs so they don't get to talk to the Internet directly.


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