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I currently run a FreeNAS box, built one for me and an identical one for my friend back in 2010. It's a simple case, PSU, micro-ATX mobo, i3, and 2GB of RAM (not ECC RAM either).
I started with...
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unraid anyone
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Thanks for the valuable information. I wish I knew this earlier. But right now, I am happy with the solution provided by synology. I have it running 24/7 without any concerns on power consumption,...
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Great post.
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You'll never get a computer that runs on less than 50.6W (Access); 22W (HDD Hibernation).
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I purchased this when it was $705 at Amazon and I love it. I've Crashplan package installed on it and that backs up the entire NAS to crashplan cloud. Pretty much it has every thing I would expect...
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Thank you, I value my time and have 2 small children. I'd rather have a plug and play solution with a great support base.
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No, FreeNAS is much better. I built a 20 disk NAS cheaper than this, excluding the disk drives of course. Very flexible and powerful. Web interface as well.
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i can personally thumb up synology. it's low maintenance, has some really awesome integration with crashplan (you simply install the headless agent), and boom.... everything in your house can backup...
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Actually you bring up a great point. The latest mac mini does have a Thunderbolt port, so it could support an external RAID array if someone where produce it. The mini is the perfect HTPC imo in...
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What I want to do is run an ESX server which I want to host a nas server. The ESX server is only going to be running 3 virtual machines at most, and the hardware should not use over 40 watts on idle....
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Yes. NAS4Free, FreeNAS, Nexenta, OpenSolaris/Indiana, etc. for ZFS (which can do mirroring, striping, software RAID) protects data better than any of these Synology/Qnap/etc. boxes which rely on...
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Yeah, I built a 20-bay unraid box recently for roughly $800-900 i think. Although I love it and I sing it's praises every chance I get, it did take a lot of time/tinkering to get everything running...
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Maybe but I wouldn't know for sure since I haven't built one myself. I can say with 100% certainty building one yourself and tweaking the software to where you like it would be 100% more of a pain...
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With Synology, you can create your personal cloud storage. It's like dropbox/sugarsync but everything on your own hard drive(s), meaning private and unlimited storage. I haven't seen any free...
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for PC box NAS builds, is windows or debian(FreeNAS) a better way to go?
im more familiar with windows and my needs are fairly simple
at this price level ($700+) wouldnt a complete server or...
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FreeNAS has ZFS, so it's a better way to go for that reason. It's also free.
However, if you're super familiar with windows, there's nothing wrong with the latest windows home server product...
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I just re-purposed an old computer with Pentium II 233 MHz and Windows 2000 Server. I installed a 4-port SATA II controller, and added hard drives. It has been running stable since 2007 with 1 Tb...
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Agree in principal. Synology and Qnap are a good buy (when there is a good deal) for SD'ers.
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the main advantages of a synology is the smaller footprint, ease of use. i'm still debating between rolling my own or buying one of these myself.
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If you are looking for a NAS box such as this one from Synology, you are likely looking based upon power and space constraints. Two major pluses are the small footprint and low power usage. Due to...
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Huh? You can share some or even ALL of your files on your Windows machine within 10 minutes of reading these words. Just install Skydrive and enable Remote Access....
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It was cheaper a few days ago:
https://slickdeals.net/f/5468544-Early-Black-Friday-72-Hours-Sale-Synology-select-NAS-15-off
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this is a serious question.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just build your own low power computer and install software on it to make it function like a NAS?
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It depends on how much you value your time that it takes to set up everything on a computer (OS, RAID, network access) vs the time it takes to set it up a NAS. You also have to factor in ease of...
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Yea, then you want a proven solution by a company like Synology/ReadNAS/Drobo/etc.... Not to kick FreeNAS' support base, their forums are filled with really knowledgable people, but any issues...
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Isn't the Mac mini 11w :) I kid, I kid, the Mac mini can't store 5 drives like this baby!
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You can with an e-350 or some sandy bridge celerons. But you also have the ability to add as many drives as needed, you could easily stuff about 10 drives in even modest mid tower cases.
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