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For performance, we looked at HDD-only using two 14TB Western Digital (WD141KFGX-68FH9N0) HDDs. However, if you need faster read/write performance, use SATA SSD drives as an alternative. Random read/write performance is significantly improved with SSD, although bandwidth would be capped by the dual 1GbE connectivity. Increasing memory from 2GB to 6GB should also improve overall application performance and multitenancy, and will come in handy if you plan to leverage many of the background Synology apps. In our large-block sequential test, the DS220+ had 223MB/s write, and 231MB/s read in SMB, and 222MB/s write and 231MB/s read in iSCSI, saturating the links to the 2-bay NAS.
expiredsr71 posted Nov 17, 2021 09:26 AM
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Power Protection: I paired my 920+ with a cyberpower SL 750 VA. I use it only for the NAS and it recognizes it without issues. Estimated run time is 70 mins and it has 12GB of ram and fully populated with 4 TB iron wolves. I have it set to start down safely long before the battery runs low.
backups : if you use this as primary storage for family photos and things you don't want to loose. Then I would look into a cloud back up solution Synology C2, Backblaze B2, or others. At the very least I would set up hyperbackup to an external hard drive via USB. Yes the raid helps to protect against drive failures but if the Nas unit dies or is stolen the back ups will allow to to get your data.
Security: if you access these remotely definitely look up videos on options on how to secure them as best as possible for remote access. There was a recent widespread attack on these if people left default settings in place. Wundertech YouTube channel is a great place to start.
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Already got my 8GB RAM stick ready for either model.
I bought the DS218+ before the 220+ was released. Now I'm considering a second one, for off-site sync/backup
Also, is there a way to backup to a remote synology? ideally I'd like to backup theirs to mine (once I set it up) and vice versa.
EDIT: Better yet, just set it up as a VPN Server, and close all ports except 1194 for OpenVPN -- or the one of your choosing, and access DSM from there.
Backblaze personal on VM accessing shares via iSCSI. $7/month unlimited, after the most recent $1/mo price increase.
Also Amazon Glacier if hot storage is unnecessary.
Why not use Plex Shares by "renting" the Plex Service for a monthly fee and they have all the movies and TV shows?
Personal videos and pictures I get for Plex...but why store and keep commercial movies on your own NAS besides speed advantage?
Good luck!
Jon
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Good luck!
Jon
Also, is there a way to backup to a remote synology? ideally I'd like to backup theirs to mine (once I set it up) and vice versa.
And yes, you can backup to another Synology.
https://www.synology.co
Waste no time making the basic changes that should aid with securing this device (if only to disable some of the remote access functionality if you won't be using that on your device).
Good luck!
Jon
If you're looking to have some fun with a DIY project, go for the odroid.
The DS220+ is arguably more NAS than you need for the purposes you've described (no Plex, no security cameras) so you could arguably even find a Synology that's another odroid closer in price (so perhaps only double the price of the odrdoid). That price premium would also reflect the different experience you're going to have with setting up the Synology product.
Some people would be aghast at even the idea of a kit car or a shade tree project, and would rather drive a
toasterCamry. Others consider a project car a fun, lifetime opportunity. Consider that when you're looking at the odroid.Good luck!
Jon
A system with a Ryzen 3400G pull 6.8W from the wall. [reddit.com]
18W for a i3-10100 system. [reddit.com]
These processors are already way less power efficient than a Celeron J4205 or an ARM processor, and the PC PSU is also way less power efficient than a Synology customized stuff. Still, without HDDs and GPU, the rest of a decent modern PC can pull around or even less than 10W at idle. In fact, some high-end router easily consume > 15W. I had an EA8500 paried with a 18W DC power supply and sometimes the router rebooted due to power limit.
I have a N3150 PC with two HDDs serving like a NAS. (though I only need a 24x7 storage, so no fancy stuff like the Synology services.) This PC + a N3050 soft router + a AX3000 router + one LED lamp + a modem toegther only pull 54W from my UPS.
In short, unless you buy a NAS with a really strong x86 processor and max out its CPU usage all the time, you can pretty much forget about the CPU powr consumption. Your disks will likely eat more power!
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Ive been running plex off my pc but thinking about making the switch to this.
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