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Re: Need NAS recommendations

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James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> wrote:
> On 03/19/2016 11:38 AM, Roger Blake wrote:
>> If you don't want to roll you own, I've found Synology
>> to be pretty decent.
>>
> I concur. We have had Synology NAS (model DS411+II), a 4-disk unit,
> for 4 years now. It has been quite stable; it just works.

+1. I've had three Synology DS109j's (one-disk units) for 6 years now.
Ditto "stable and just works". They rysnc remotely just fine, though I
usually mount them (they run linux and mount fine as ext volumes) and
run rsync locally. Drawback is 100Mbps ethernet, though current DS115
and DS115j's are Gb.

But when they need replacement, not sure whether or not I'll replace them
with latest DS1xx's at that time. I also have a micro-atx jewel-case
size Asus VivoPC, which would likely serve just as well with a
properly-configured linux. Back in 2009, only acceptable (to me) option
was midtower form factor, but nowadays micro-atx comes with everything
I need already on-board (and usb3 supports occasional need for dvd, etc).
And midtower took much too much space for my NAS requirements, whereas
VivoPC (and/or NUC or Brix) would fit fine. So if I have boxes like that
lying around, I'll likely try them out as NAS's before buying another
NAS appliance box like Synology. But if I do buy an appliance, it will
almost certainly be another Synology DS1xx.
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )

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Need NAS recommendations T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-18 18:04 -0700
  Re: Need NAS recommendations The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-19 10:06 +0000
    Re: Need NAS recommendations T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-19 04:20 -0700
      Re: Need NAS recommendations gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-03-19 12:13 +0000
        Re: Need NAS recommendations The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-19 12:26 +0000
      Re: Need NAS recommendations The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-19 12:24 +0000
  Re: Need NAS recommendations Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-03-19 18:38 +0000
    Re: Need NAS recommendations James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2016-03-19 12:20 -0700
      Re: Need NAS recommendations James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.cum> - 2016-03-19 17:34 -0500
        Re: Need NAS recommendations The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-19 22:44 +0000
        Re: Need NAS recommendations James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2016-03-20 12:21 -0700
      Re: Need NAS recommendations JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.com> - 2016-03-24 08:18 +0000
  Re: Need NAS recommendations John Carter <me@mymailsvr.org> - 2016-03-21 16:25 +0000
    Re: Need NAS recommendations Dave <noone$$@llondel.org> - 2016-03-24 19:53 -0700

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