Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!panix.com!forkosh From: JohnF Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Need NAS recommendations Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:18:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <20160319143925@news.eternal-september.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1458807535 23421 166.84.1.3 (24 Mar 2016 08:18:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:18:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (NetBSD/6.1.5 (i386)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:17099 James Moe 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 )