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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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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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https://www.amazon.com/Synology-B...961&sr=8-2
If that CC giving the discount is an Amex card with Amazon offer, one can still earn 5% back if offer is available.
Then I can also have either cloud back or external HD as a 3rd backup safe. Am I correct? Thanks
Configure each of your two disks as individual drives (no raid) and configure each drive with a obvious name such as DiskA and DiskB.
Use disk a for files and use disk b as a backup target. Windows backup, time machine or manual backup is fine.
When you fill up disk a, take the disk out, put in a larger disk, and restore your backup to it.
Will this solve my issues?
I really don't want to spend a lot and upgrade to the DS720+ unless I need to.
Then I can also have either cloud back or external HD as a 3rd backup safe. Am I correct? Thanks
I know hardware wise the qnap is better but I'm a noob to NAS
Mostly for file storage, backups, sharing with my own devices in home and wirelessly and starting plex 4k streaming to my laptop phone tablet and fire tv cube . Probably going with backblaze as an offsite of the NAS
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1. Mobile remote support
2. Auto back up of few devices that's all nothing too complicated
1. Mobile remote support
2. Auto back up of few devices that's all nothing too complicated
I am sure the auto backup will not be an issue. Maybe others can chime in.
You will be spending quite a bit by the time you add in the drives. Seems like an overkill if the backup does not require significant storage.
I just retired a DS414j from an office setting that was in use from the end of 2014 and used through 2019. Their data use increased drastically. I'm currently using two DS218+ going on 3 years now and they're both working fine.
Does iDrive have free accounts?
Does iDrive have free accounts?
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Anyway, it was not worth the hassle of trying to find a solution for such small capacity on such an old device. Was just hoping someone knew the answr.
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