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Help Me With NAS w/bays - Recommendations
Posted on 4/18/18 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 8:25 pm
I have 6 external hard drives connected through 6 usb ports and wires are everywhere. Each hard drive backs up other hard drives which is finally backed up to the cloud. Im trying to condense my setup so I wont have wires all over the place and it looks like shite! I have a collection of music and movies and run plex as well. What do I need to condense this monstrosity of a mess before I blow something up.
I was looking at QNAP but not sure once I get something like that, what hard drives do I look for to put in the bays.
Firm believer you get what you pay for so I would rather spend to get something that is good quality and easy backup/streaming
I was looking at QNAP but not sure once I get something like that, what hard drives do I look for to put in the bays.
Firm believer you get what you pay for so I would rather spend to get something that is good quality and easy backup/streaming
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 8:26 pm
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Posted on 4/18/18 at 10:05 pm to Hogkiller10
Drobo? We used / abused one at our Atlanta media firm for several years, seemed to hold up OK.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 8:01 am to DoctorTechnical
I have used Synology for about 10 clients. Good products and they last well.
I have a friend who uses QNAP, but I have never had a reason to switch off of Synology, so have never tried them.
Once you pick the device you're interested in, Synology has a list of compatible drives for that device. Makes it pretty easy to figure out your configuration. Then go somewhere like NewEgg to order.
Synology
I have a friend who uses QNAP, but I have never had a reason to switch off of Synology, so have never tried them.
Once you pick the device you're interested in, Synology has a list of compatible drives for that device. Makes it pretty easy to figure out your configuration. Then go somewhere like NewEgg to order.
Synology
Posted on 4/19/18 at 9:48 am to Hogkiller10
Synology is the name I get from all the guys I trust who have a NAS in their home.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 5:33 pm to mdomingue
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Synology
Had an issue with one 10 months past the warranty. Shot them an email and they replaced it at no charge.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:11 pm to Hogkiller10
I just bought a Synology DS918+ a couple of weeks ago. As mentioned, there are recommendations for hard drive types. I found the 4TB Western Digital to be the sweet spot so pulled the trigger on 4 of them. Synology offers the option of using SHR (Synology Hybrid Raid) which gets the maximum space out of your drives if you use different sizes. If you're going to reuse any of your drives then maybe that gives you some bang for your buck? I've been happy so far with my first NAS.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 7:40 pm to RoyalWe
Im clueless on what i need to do. Im just trying to organize my stuff in a nice layout. Im hearing raid1/raid5, half storage if I raid, etc. Learning as I go. Thanks for the help board.
Ive actually looked at the one you recommend (4 bay). Can I control what happens to each bay? Use one for storage, one for backup, one for movies, one more music or other stuff?
Ive actually looked at the one you recommend (4 bay). Can I control what happens to each bay? Use one for storage, one for backup, one for movies, one more music or other stuff?
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 4/20/18 at 8:23 am to Hogkiller10
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Can I control what happens to each bay?
The drives are set up in an array - which means that the data is split across the drives. The different RAID settings control how the data is split up. For a 4 bay device, you should just use the Synology SHR system or RAID 5. If a drive fails - the system will alert you and you can replace the bad drive - it will then rebuild the data on the new drive and you won't lose any data.
Here is the chart of the different options and how failure tolerant each is.
Synology RAID types
Please note that you should STILL HAVE A BACKUP - just in case. Devices can fail, theft, fire, flood, etc. Even though it is fault tolerant - it is not fault proof.
The boxes have a USB port on the back - you can plug in an external drive and make a backup copy. There is a tool to set it up so that it happens automatically when you plug in the external.
Posted on 4/20/18 at 8:38 am to Hogkiller10
quote:You probably can, but that defeats the purpose of many of the features of a NAS. Like Fuzzy talked about.. fault tolerance. I've had a 4 bay NAS for just a little over a year and have already had 2 drive failures. Zero data loss. Also, what happens when you fill your movie drive and your music drive is only 10% full? You're wasting all of that space. Granted, the fault tolerant RAID setups cut your total storage space down, but at least that drive space is being put to use to prevent data loss. I can't really see a reason to do what you're saying... just pool the storage and put your stuff in folders. You will lose data in the case of a drive failure either way, so why not use all of the space in the meantime?
Can I control what happens to each bay? Use one for storage, one for backup, one for movies, one more music or other stuff?
Posted on 4/20/18 at 1:54 pm to Korkstand
Been having a QNAP for the last 6 mos. Easy set up and works with plex perfectly.
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