Synology runs Linux under the hood. Im running several of them at several different clients.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 21, 2016, at 9:04 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I need a NAS system which includes a two-bay enclosure capable of > holding two 6TB drives, and I want to start out with just one 6TB > drive. From my research so far I have determined that Western > Digital red drives are the best for this application, so the WD > WD60EFRX drive is at the top of my list. Suggestions for alternatives > are welcome. > > The enclosure, however, is a point of major confusion. It's amazing how > little actual information manufacturers web site give you. I'm sick of > reading how many photos of my loved ones I can place on the device. > > Since I'm leaning toward the WD drive above, WD enclosures would be > my first choice. Western Digital sells enclosures, but as far as I can > tell they only sell them as a unit with drives, i.e., if I buy a two-bay > enclosure it will come with two drives. > > My major confusions about the enclosures are about all the various > software features that they come with. My house is wired with Cat6 > ethernet, but all my computers are Linux only. None of the web sites > tell me much about the software on the enclosure. But maybe I just need > to plan to nuke the software the enclosure comes with and replace it > with open source bits. > > I need some education. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
