expirediconian | Staff posted Jul 11, 2023 07:16 AM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Jul 11, 2023 07:16 AM
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The reason I like a QNAP/Synology solution is that they do a better job of abstracting the underlying technology into a smaller set of configurations. NAS is a specific type of application that doesn't require powerful CPUs or a ton of RAM to run well at very high-performance levels. So with something like a Synology, you get the benefit of streamlined configuration, predictable/stable performance, and a rich set of management/access/security/backup/sync/notification features that would take very complicated configuration to replicate. TrueNAS makes this easier, but it's not as easy as Synology/QNAP. For those that want to ticker with their NAS, they can try building a TrueNAS system. For me, my NAS holds important files that I just want to be available so I'm not tinkering with it. I do my tinkering with the Proxmox VMs.
Lastly, want to mention that my self-built NAS pulled about 80 watts on idle and that was quite an achievement with under-volting an AMD processor. The QNAP I have now run about 20-40 watts depending on load. For the 8 years I ran my self-built NAS, that's 2800kWh of additional electricity used, or about $420 at 15 cents a kWh. Your mileage may vary, but a Synology/QNAP will have lower energy costs over the years.
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Don't need hardware transcoding.
Is it worth the extra $100 to be more future proof?
Don't need hardware transcoding.
Is it worth the extra $100 to be more future proof?
i think only you can answer it.. it depends how often you use it. if it's multiple times per week = yes, less than once a week, maybe not.
I bought one earlier this year for $700 on Amazon and do not regret it. The 1522+ comes with 5 bays normally, and it can be expanded to up to 15 bays with two DX517 5 bay expansions. It takes several days to add a spinning disc to the RAID configuration, but there haven't been any errors or downtime in over 180 days of use. Comes with 2 m.2 slots for faster caching and writing. Web UI is super convenient.
I bought one earlier this year for $700 on Amazon and do not regret it. The 1522+ comes with 5 bays normally, and it can be expanded to up to 15 bays with two DX517 5 bay expansions. It takes several days to add a spinning disc to the RAID configuration, but there haven't been any errors or downtime in over 180 days of use. Comes with 2 m.2 slots for faster caching and writing. Web UI is super convenient.
The biggest concern I have in moving to DS923+ is that my QNAP does have hardware transcoding, while the Synology does not. That being said, I've moved onto a client side decoding option (Infuse for Mac/iOS), since it works better than any transcoding, so I won't miss it much. But it was good to have if I ever needed it. The other concern with DS923+ is that reviews say it's loud and has high power consumption (and thus heat). Not sure if that is something to worry about too much. If it goes to sleep fine, it may not be a problem. But if it turns out it behaves the same as my current QNAP, I'll rather keep my $500.
Use case wise, by QNAP works just fine, so there is no need to upgrade. I use it for syncing backups, the ebook server and multimedia (used to use Plex but moved onto Infuse to side-step transcoding; still use Plex for library management since I have the lifetime license anyway, but it's connected to Infuse so Plex is being used as a dummy server without transcoding). The one and only problem I have is the constant noise.
Any opinions or advice would be helpful.
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Don't need hardware transcoding.
Is it worth the extra $100 to be more future proof?
Don't need hardware transcoding.
Is it worth the extra $100 to be more future proof?
But if you have to ask, you probably don't have a good reason to have mismatched drives. For like 99% of typical use cases where people run RAID10 on a 4-bay unit, you want to have drives of the same model.
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At least, that's been my experience. And if you use WiFi, it's half that fast at best.
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