Re:A modular, extensible DIY NAS
by pilsetnieks on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:09AM
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Synology OS is a modified Linux and it uses mdraid for RAID. There is no hardware RAID, and very little closedsource bullshit.
This is how you'd mount a synology array in a Linux server: https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/St... - it's basically two terminal commands after all the preparation stuff.
I believe QNAP uses mdraid as well but I haven't had any experience with those.
>Synology OS is a modified Linux and it uses mdraid for RAID.
Yes and that raid destroyed itself many times which btw never happened to me on a self-installed Linux.
Re:A modular, extensible DIY NAS
by ValentineC on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:26PM
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> Yes and that raid destroyed itself many times which btw never happened to me on a self-installed Linux.
I'm sorry you've had the misfortune of encountering such problems.
I've been using Synology/Xpenology (a fork of their GPL bootloader) for 8 years, and it's still going great for me.
They where all from that RS -Series i think we had about 15 of them from RS14XX to RS1219 and all of them destroyed their own Raid after around 2 years just like that, no firmware update before that or other things that could trigger such a crash.
Opensuse with btrfs is my drug of choice.
Btrfs is on the kernel and just works.
Sorry but had quite the opposite experience even with the professional lines. The only NAS i trust is a Server (at least HP mini server) and ZFS. Stuff like unraid is for Windows mindsets, i don't trust HW-Raid and i especially don't trust Closedsource Software BS for stuff like that, exceptions are Enterprise stuff like EVA's or NetApp and EMC.