expired Posted by 69jojo • Nov 15, 2021
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expired Posted by 69jojo • Nov 15, 2021
Nov 15, 2021 5:29 AM
Synology DiskStation DS220j 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
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IMO this model is too slow for anything else.
NAS with 2 bays is always better than a single bay (Having a single drive is just begging for data loss).
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1. They have a cloud service called "myQNAPcloud" which is supposed to give you access to your server from anywhere. This is convenient, but all it does is open a port on your router, which makes your server very vulnerable. Ransomware attacks hit a bunch of QNAP users who had this enabled. You can of course disable this, and if you go the route of QNAP, you should. ALSO - even with cloud disabled, it still phones home a lot...and annoying leaves the port open on the device anyway. YOU MUST DISABLE uPnP on your router or you will be automatically vulnerable to attack.
2. They rolled out their OS update QTS 5.0 recently. People have been reporting tons of problems, most concerning, with volumes not showing up in their data pool. That's a major headache, and will be the cause of downtime.
3. The typical home server models say they won't support more than 8gb of RAM. This is partially true - they will support 16gb, and it WILL run better, but for some stupid reason, when I had 16gb in there, I got weekly kernel panics during plex transcoding. Not the case when I rolled it back to 8gb. Not sure if this is hardware or something with their firmware, but this is lame.
The only way I'd recommend getting a QNAP is:
1. The price is good
2. The aesthetics of the box are what you're looking for
3. You either don't care about the QTS headaches, or you plan on just throwing TrueNAS on there instead
If all 3 things aren't a match, go look elsewhere.
Appreciate the write up btw.
#1, I was weary (of cloud) about this "convenient" feature....
Like those WD drives which have cloud access... you're at mercy of the cloud being available too. I've read people w/ WD drives lost access.
I've also read the QNap RAID controllers can go bad on you and you'd be stuck in the water.
So not only have you got to be deal w/ the occasional drive going bad (we accept this) but for the controller to go bad then you can't access you data plus you need a new unit.
Are the Sysology's known for having their raid controllers going bad too?
The device does offer a memory usage tool, so you see what is using
the most RAM. If you use that tool, then you selectively deactivate programs you do not use or need to help free up resources. This has helped me.
Synology just released an update to Synology Photos, there seems to be a slight performance boost.
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Here are 2 reviews by NASCOMPARES (both these models came out last year)
QNAP TS-230 vs Synology DS220J NAS Drive Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ah2lc8
Best Low Price NAS Drive of the Year 2020 (11 months old review)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUPgZ8-6Lk
P.S. I'm just comparing these 2 models put out in 2020 at the most basic level at same price point. A lot can happen in a year in NAS so you will have to research what came out this year to see what is best for you. I'm happy with my TS-230 , but I use it at very basic level (nothing fancy).
Edit: never mind, see the $30 off coupon but still doesn't explain the $189 regular price tag.
https://www.synology.co
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I really like the TS-963AX, but it's spendy... I got the TS-653D when it was on sale a few weeks back, and it is decent, but nowhere near as fast as the 963AX and offers less applications support - qts rather than the qtsHero line.
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