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Synology DS425+ DiskStation 4-Bay NAS Server (Diskless) for
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Synology DS925+ DiskStation 4-Bay NAS Server (Diskless) for
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DS425+ Specs:- 4x 3.5/2.5" Bays
- 2x M.2 2280 Slots
- 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 4-Core CPU
- 2GB of Onboard DDR4 RAM
- 1x 2.5GbE
- 1x 1GbE
- 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 Ports
- RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Hybrid, Basic, JBOD
- Sequential Reads up to 278 MB/s
- Sequential Writes up to 281 MB/s
- Hardware Encryption
- Synology DiskStation Manager OS
DS925+ Specs:- 4x 3.5/2.5" Bays
- 2x M.2 2280 Slots
- 2.2 GHz AMD Ryzen V1500B Quad-Core
- 4GB of DDR4 RAM
- 2x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1
- 1x USB-C
- RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Hybrid, Basic, JBOD
- Sequential Reads up to 522 MB/s
- Sequential Writes up to 565 MB/s
- Hardware Encryption Engine
- Synology DiskStation Manager OS
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it feels like they don't care about the regular people who helped make them popular in the first place. first, they were going to hard lock their drives[1], get rid of video station[2], and now pushing more monthly subscriptions.
the OS is great, but i don't want to risk having my data hoarding stuff potentially held hostage. i'm thinking UGREEN, but how far is it off from DSM?
[1]: https://community.synol
[2]: https://community.synol
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This system is good for Raid5 (4 drives), which I don't recommend if you have critical files. There are obviously options with mirror, striped mirror, but you are limited to 4 drives. Without a good 3-2-1 backup strategy, if you are going with just a single system, 4 drives is not ideal.
Synology has the best OS and supports ECC, but their future is questionnable and I waged the battle as I had one of the CPUs on one of their early ones that went tits up due to the intel bug - they did replace it. Was one of my earliest NASs. I've had two Syns since, and will no longer buy one. They rolled back their stupid HD decision, but it still has limitations and with SSDs - and well the fact they went down that path is very concerning. I've also had a power supply die after warranty, and the cost and finding the replacement isn't great. I'm much more of a fan of a build-your-own with a standard power supply.
Ugreen is arguably the biggest contender, great specced systems but the OS has a long way to go to get to Synology levels, if they only had ECC it would be completely over. QNAP lost popularity due to the security issues, but are still great systems.
ECC is highly debated but I would say unless you have a great 3-2-1 backup strategy you want it. Personally for anything critical, I think ECC is a must.
In any case, the NAS cost is fractional to the storage and ram costs currently. If you go pre-built NAS you are going to also have to deal with sodimm ram prices.
IMO, Unraid is hard to beat. Extremely flexible, lots of build-your-own sytems, ZFS, Unraid array supports differing drives w/ dual parity support, which in todays storage cost fiasco can be great. They just annouced a partnership with 45homelab, and has a partnership with Lincplus/Lincstation - or just build your own. The cost is going to be in the storage/ram and you have much more flexibility. The OS is not as polished as Synology, but it does WAY more. Can also run Unraid on Ugreen systems.
Truenas can't leave out, by far the most bulletproof ZFS system, if you are looking for that and can stick with same-sized speced drives it is by far the least risk adversed NAS - but not for the faint of heart.
If you end up with quite a bit of storage needs you are going to be looking at shucking - again this works great with an unraid aray - get two NAS parity drives, then shuck the rest and have them at spin down saving power (depending on your needs). In my unraid server I have 3 ZFS pools as well as the Unraid array dual parity.
Whatever you do, don't depend on this 4 bay synology and use it raid5 without a backup (or any 4 drive system).
What size are you considering? I want to start with 2 drives and no raid, just mirror sync so I have access to both drives if one dies, I don't see the benefit or raid for just file storage since I won't be running any high demanding software. I might eventually add NVR 1 more drive, and 1 more drive for plex, and get a 2-drive version for only the important files with a sync off-site.
Synology still does sync over internet to another synology, right?
My main usage will be photos and videos, for Plex it will not require transcoding, since most of my files are really old mp4 rips of my DVDs, and I got 2.5gbps internet, so it's another thing to consider if anyone is looking to access over internet.
That's called Raid 1
This system is good for Raid5 (4 drives), which I don't recommend if you have critical files. There are obviously options with mirror, striped mirror, but you are limited to 4 drives. Without a good 3-2-1 backup strategy, if you are going with just a single system, 4 drives is not ideal.
Synology has the best OS and supports ECC, but their future is questionnable and I waged the battle as I had one of the CPUs on one of their early ones that went tits up due to the intel bug - they did replace it. Was one of my earliest NASs. I've had two Syns since, and will no longer buy one. They rolled back their stupid HD decision, but it still has limitations and with SSDs - and well the fact they went down that path is very concerning. I've also had a power supply die after warranty, and the cost and finding the replacement isn't great. I'm much more of a fan of a build-your-own with a standard power supply.
Ugreen is arguably the biggest contender, great specced systems but the OS has a long way to go to get to Synology levels, if they only had ECC it would be completely over. QNAP lost popularity due to the security issues, but are still great systems.
ECC is highly debated but I would say unless you have a great 3-2-1 backup strategy you want it. Personally for anything critical, I think ECC is a must.
In any case, the NAS cost is fractional to the storage and ram costs currently. If you go pre-built NAS you are going to also have to deal with sodimm ram prices.
IMO, Unraid is hard to beat. Extremely flexible, lots of build-your-own sytems, ZFS, Unraid array supports differing drives w/ dual parity support, which in todays storage cost fiasco can be great. They just annouced a partnership with 45homelab, and has a partnership with Lincplus/Lincstation - or just build your own. The cost is going to be in the storage/ram and you have much more flexibility. The OS is not as polished as Synology, but it does WAY more. Can also run Unraid on Ugreen systems.
Truenas can't leave out, by far the most bulletproof ZFS system, if you are looking for that and can stick with same-sized speced drives it is by far the least risk adversed NAS - but not for the faint of heart.
If you end up with quite a bit of storage needs you are going to be looking at shucking - again this works great with an unraid aray - get two NAS parity drives, then shuck the rest and have them at spin down saving power (depending on your needs). In my unraid server I have 3 ZFS pools as well as the Unraid array dual parity.
Whatever you do, don't depend on this 4 bay synology and use it raid5 without a backup (or any 4 drive system).
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That's called Raid 1
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