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Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Celeron J4125, 2GB DDR4) Expired
$320
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Amazon has Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure on sale for $319.99. Shipping is free.
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Thanks to community member bigbenLA and PolishDude for sharing this deal.
Features:
- 2x 3.5/2.5" Bays | 2x M.2 2280 Slots
- 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
- 2GB DDR4 RAM
- 2x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 2x USB 3.0 Type-A | 1x eSATA
- RAID 0, 1, Basic, Hybrid, and JBOD
- Sequential Reads up to 225.99 MB/s
- Sequential Writes up to 195.42 MB/s
- AES-NI Hardware Encryption Engine
- Synology DiskStation Manager OS
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| Product Name: | Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS720+ (Diskless) |
| Manufacturer: | Synology |
| Model Number: | DS720+ |
| Product SKU: | B087Z6SNC1 |
| UPC: | 846504003136 |
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Before going further, no intention to crap the thread ...
My use case is very simple - (1) store files (backup + media), (2) stream media. Update is very infrequent. Media streaming happens 60-80 times a month for avg 1hr each time. I mostly use VLC/XBMC as the client.
I settled for a used NUC of eBay. It was almost in new condition. With 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, USB3 dual bay SATA doc, I paid ~$130ish.
With OMV, I am pretty happy with the setup. For fun, I tried live transcoding with JellyBean. I don't have content more than 1080P. 2 concurrent streams worked just fine at ~50% load.
I am not too tech savvy, I had to invest couple of hours to understand everything before diving in.
For sure this setup is a package solution, easy to handle and manage. And for sure the SATA interface is much more efficient compared to the USB 3 setup, I have. I have a slightly better CPU and 4x more RAM (for docker, Minecraft, etc), though.
I'm sure you could find *something* to nitpick about any model (and I've got mine about the synology software), but as you get older, you just want reliability even if it costs a few hundred dollars. I've played with the various opensource raid-focused OSes and ideas and there's zero reason to switch (for me).
My 10yo hitachi 2TB drives are still error free. They were the deal at the time and I knew I'd have to replace them. The RAID-10 works for me.
I'd pair this with the two biggest HDDs you can afford, RAID-1, and not look back.
Edit… depending on your budget and space needs, you could pass on this one and wait for a 4 or 5 bay model
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What is the cheapest best way to turn it into a nas for backup and streaming video to one TV
Most video are files at 480p, some 720. I also have DVD isos. I'd also stream .mp3 music sometimes.
Any help appreciated.
Still not sure if i really need it.. just got done testing all the ports (excluding the esata)
DSM 7.1 is nice.. but haven't really dug into it yet..
Can't believe harddrive are so freaking expensive..
the last set of hdd i shuck from BestBuy were 10tb for 100 each. that was years ago
Yup. Will be selling my 8tb wd red drives for $150 each now that the prices are up again 😂
Moving to google drive. More practical for me.
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The old PC can work, but you may not want to go too old. Some of the really old PCs out there are pretty bad with idle power consumption and you might burn up your savings in idle power usage in a year or two since this is designed to run 24/7. Something from the past few years would probably be fine. But if you're using something that's like 10 years old I would check. Put a kill-a-watt or something on the old PC to make sure if you want to go that route.
As others mentioned, Synology's DSM has some quirks (what doesn't?), but overall, I'm quite pleased with it.
Please remember, RAID is NOT backup. I certainly can help with a failed drive (depending on which RAID level you're using), but is is not backup. Don't rely on RAID to keep all your precious files (whatever they might be) always available - make sure you have some kind of off-site backup for your critical files.
Moving to google drive. More practical for me.
Before going further, no intention to crap the thread ...
My use case is very simple - (1) store files (backup + media), (2) stream media. Update is very infrequent. Media streaming happens 60-80 times a month for avg 1hr each time. I mostly use VLC/XBMC as the client.
I settled for a used NUC of eBay. It was almost in new condition. With 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, USB3 dual bay SATA doc, I paid ~$130ish.
With OMV, I am pretty happy with the setup. For fun, I tried live transcoding with JellyBean. I don't have content more than 1080P. 2 concurrent streams worked just fine at ~50% load.
I am not too tech savvy, I had to invest couple of hours to understand everything before diving in.
For sure this setup is a package solution, easy to handle and manage. And for sure the SATA interface is much more efficient compared to the USB 3 setup, I have. I have a slightly better CPU and 4x more RAM (for docker, Minecraft, etc), though.
That's often the issue stopping me from bothering with a home DIY solution.
I'm sure you could find *something* to nitpick about any model (and I've got mine about the synology software), but as you get older, you just want reliability even if it costs a few hundred dollars. I've played with the various opensource raid-focused OSes and ideas and there's zero reason to switch (for me).
My 10yo hitachi 2TB drives are still error free. They were the deal at the time and I knew I'd have to replace them. The RAID-10 works for me.
I'd pair this with the two biggest HDDs you can afford, RAID-1, and not look back.
Edit… depending on your budget and space needs, you could pass on this one and wait for a 4 or 5 bay model
My brother is gifting me his old QNAP, and his biggest complaint was the software on it.
I am busy with work and I wanted something that had good configurable security and was easy to use. I set up two 8TB drives with RAID and have my photos and videos backing up to this via the photo backup app. This let me stop paying Google for storage space. Also, I run A Plex server on this and it streams seamlessly to my TVs and my mobile devices. I don't do much of anything else and I don't require any fancy configurations.
I put it in my living room but it rattles annoying when it's reading the disk. So I googled some DIY solutions and have this sitting on a foam pad with some foam Velcro insets Cushing the disks and the rattling is almost inaudible now. It's been working without failure and I have no other complaints than the rattling.
I am busy with work and I wanted something that had good configurable security and was easy to use. I set up two 8TB drives with RAID and have my photos and videos backing up to this via the photo backup app. This let me stop paying Google for storage space. Also, I run A Plex server on this and it streams seamlessly to my TVs and my mobile devices. I don't do much of anything else and I don't require any fancy configurations.
I put it in my living room but it rattles annoying when it's reading the disk. So I googled some DIY solutions and have this sitting on a foam pad with some foam Velcro insets Cushing the disks and the rattling is almost inaudible now. It's been working without failure and I have no other complaints than the rattling.
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