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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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I hear ya...
I built and have been running a xpenology, for years but wanted to try the new DSM v7.
When the 920+ went on sale I decided it was worth buying.
So far it's very similar to my baremetal build but I like that the security measures are updated frequently.
I'm leaning on keeping the ds920 .
Never hurts to have two separate NAS.
Going to wait for hdd to drop back to $10/tb b4 I add some . For now I'm using spare drives.
I saw it was $149 at Amazon yesterday but people said not enough RAM to get next OS update so I didn't buy it
This is how it should be. People voice their opinion and nobody gets offended over not agreeing. If other conversations were like this the world would be a better place.
Regular PC uses ~50W idle, and more when running tasks, e.g. HDD/SSD access. A 2-bay NAS uses <20W full load.
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