Re:Syncthing graduation day
by nolok on Saturday January 05, 2019 @06:03PM
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If going Synology, make sure to go for their 64bit models (I don't think they still sell 32 bits, but unsure); it's needed to support btrfs. Other good brand is QNAP. good quality 2 bay can be found below 300€, 4 bays below 500€.
As the other commenter said you can also built it yourself but frankly configuring Samba and its permissions and updating your mdadm config when changing a drive and all the other things gets boring and borderline dangerous really quick, just know that if you buy a pre-made NAS what you're paying is not really the hardware (you can get better for cheaper if homemade), it's the software.
I like DSM (synology's software) because it doesn't get in your way, it lets anyone use easily yet still offers the advanced options. If you've never had a NAS or don't want to spend hours in config files every now and then, I recommend it.
(as usual the question for devices like this is not so much "how easy is it to set up" but "how easy it to recover if say a drive died and you need to repair your array")
As the other commenter said you can also built it yourself but frankly configuring Samba and its permissions and updating your mdadm config when changing a drive and all the other things gets boring and borderline dangerous really quick, just know that if you buy a pre-made NAS what you're paying is not really the hardware (you can get better for cheaper if homemade), it's the software.
I like DSM (synology's software) because it doesn't get in your way, it lets anyone use easily yet still offers the advanced options. If you've never had a NAS or don't want to spend hours in config files every now and then, I recommend it.
(as usual the question for devices like this is not so much "how easy is it to set up" but "how easy it to recover if say a drive died and you need to repair your array")