Subj : Re: Hola
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Apr 29 2023 04:23:02

  Re: Re: Hola
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to The Godfather on Fri Apr 28 2023 02:28 pm

 >   Re: Re: Hola
 >   By: The Godfather to deon on Fri Apr 28 2023 10:41 am
 > 
 >  TG> I just filled 6TB and need more storage already. Currently it's a Weste
 >  TG> Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah. I'd like at least a 4 bay, 
 >  TG> suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Righ
 > 
 > The Synology units are pricey, but modern ones offer NVME caches, the abilit

IMO, a NAS should be a NAS only. There is value in separating your computing
from your storage. If you intend to run actual services on the machine you can
get a new entry level server for  less than 600 bucks. NAS software is
notorious for its limitations and poor security records and you should not
expose a NAS machine to the Internet unless you know very well what you are
doing.

If you only need cheap network attatched storage, you can get some second hand
Buffalo link station with two bays. Or an old ShareCenter. I remember seeing
those around here for less than 100 bucks per unit. You can put a lot of
storage in a two bay unit as long as you can live with increased failure
probabilities (which is exactly what you should be expecting when working on a
low budget). Thankfully, we all have our backups XD.

If you need a reliable NAS only then you are going to have to pay for it.

TL;DR: If you intend to run services on the NAS, you'd better get an actual
server instead (which you can also use as storage, not that I recommend it). If
you want storage only, but don't want to expend much, you are going to have to
live with a budget solution with reduced reliability. If you want a reliable
NAS appliance it is going to be expensive and there is no way around it.


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