*IF* I had not already purchased most of the components to build my
home-built file server I would have gone with a Synology 5-bay NAS box
when they first became available.
I like the Seagate IronWolf drives & you could get the current "Synology
5-bay NAS DiskStation DS1520+ (Diskless)" + 5x4TB drives for about
$1,100 USD and with WD Red 4TB drives for about $1,115 USD.
(The WD drives are $3 more than the Seagate)
... plus shipping, tax & whatever fees Canada imposes on imports from
the U.S.
That's about what I spent to build my home-built file server, although I
also have 5x2TB drives in addition to the 5x4TB drives.
Synology DS1520+:
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=Synology+5-bay+NAS+DiskStation+DS1520%2B
Drives:
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100167523%20600374777%20600457700
It also looks like you can buy one with the drives already installed for
about $800 - $1,000 more than buying the diskless one and installing the
drives yourself.
If I were starting all over I'd get the Synology instead of building my own.
On 4/28/2022 3:42 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Second vote for Synology. Seems to work well but I haven't proven the pudding,
yet.
On 28 April 2022 at 03:30 Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
Up until now I have been using and getting good service from a Drobo multi
disc raid like (but not really raid) hard drive enclosure.
I would like to add a second storage device as the Drobo is getting a bit
old.
They appear to be not making machines and haven’t for some time, so the
dumb question is what's reasonably good in this product category?
I presume that whatever I buy will be a raid device of some sort.
My major criteria is it should be as idiot proof as possible. What I like
about the Drobo is how ridiculously simple it is to use.
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