Yes it does support different disk sizes in their Synology Hybrid Raid setup (1 or 2 disk fault tolerance).
Like I said, Synology isn't cheap but I wanted less hassles and a smaller footprint (power, size, etc) - I ended up re-using most of my Unraid disks, plus a few new ones for the Synology since I had to maintain my Unraid array, copy to Synology, turn down Unraid, repurpose old Unraid drives. I'm at ~34TB with 8x 4TB + 5x 3TB with room for 5 more drives. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>wrote: > All good points, Alex, except for the cost. A Synology system would cost > me $500 to $800 without disks and limit me in number of disks. Right now I > have disks & a system, the only cost would be the software. As it is, I > can't find WHS2011 for less than $49.99 (where'd you find it for $29.99, > Chris?), adding flexraid would be another $80.00. Or go with Unraid for > $70.00 (or free if I limit myself to 3 disks). > > Does Synology do an array of differing size disks? > > Steve > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Alex Lee <a...@kukaki.net> wrote: > > > Unraid is basically a special version of slackware linux. > > > > I used to use Unraid and switched over to Synology at 2x the cost. > > > > a. 1 disk failure tolerance for Unraid - I wanted 2 (which Synology > > offered with their hybrid raid setup) > > b. Unraid performance is great if you use a cache disk (SSD), same as > > Synology (without cache disk) > > c. When a disk fails, how do I know which one failed? (Unraid) ... I > don't > > want to look at each of my drives and read the label. > > d. Wanted a lower power footprint so it can last longer on UPS. My > > 16-drive Unraid tower used a 600W PSU, my 13-drive Synology uses less > than > > half that. > > > > It basically boiled down to the fact that I have less time and tolerance > to > > deal with the little issues that come up on homegrown solutions that > forced > > me to go with a much more expensive but polished product. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Yeah, I found a discussion comparing Flexraid to Unraid. For me, they > > are > > > identical except for two issues: Flexraid can add disks with data > > already > > > on them (Unraid can't) while Unraid can run the OS from a USB stick, > > saving > > > a MB SATA port, while Flexraid requires one disk for the OS. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Chris Reeves <tmse...@rlrnews.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Flexraid runs on top of any windows os. Whs2011 can be had very > > cheaply > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com> > > > > Sent: 11/12/2013 8:03 AM > > > > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" < > > hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [H] NAS Software > > > > > > > > Are you using WHS2011 for streaming? I'm assuming that flexraid can > be > > > > used standalone? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Chris Reeves <tmse...@rlrnews.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've been using whs2011+flexraid. Whs2011 can be found for $29. I > > paid > > > > > $39 for flexraid. > > > > > > > > > > I currently have 48tb online and performance has been really solid > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com> > > > > > Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM > > > > > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" < > > > hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [H] NAS Software > > > > > > > > > > After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of > > E8400's, > > > > > I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. > > > > > > > > > > For software, I want something that will give me some sort of > parity, > > > so > > > > > that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the > ability > > > to > > > > > add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at > FreeNAS, > > > > > but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I > > think > > > > > it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill. > > > > > > > > > > Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there > some > > > > > other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid seems > > to > > > > > be worth the extra $70. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks...Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
