Does anyone run a nas at home? How are these? Synology seems legit but I have no experience with them. Any alternatives?
we have a synology at work with 6 bays.
it's like a tiny linux server that runs services and a webinterface.
at home I just run a RAID1 on a linux machine with samba.
>>54775568
Throw together a cheap celeron build, those pre-made nas setups always use woefully under powered hardware. Many say the bare minimum ram for running a zfs file system is 8 gigs.
>>54775568
>Any alternatives
$100 server from Craigslist
>>54775568
Build your own, better server then install Synology's software on it (xpenology.com)
Their software very good
>>54775626
DO NOT BUY A SERVER, unless you have a separate room to run it in, we are talking 70+ db of noise 24/7.
Yes I have one my friend but you must committed war crimes against the Ukrainian people first yeas?
>>54775646
I keep a rack full of them in my basement, it's cold and no one goes down there
OP could also get a tower style server, I bought 1 for an office for $500 that came with 48gb of ECC DDR3
>>54775706
Yeah i'm sure the guy who is asking about synology already has a rack in his house.
>I keep them in my basement.
Exactly, and you would not keep in in your living room instead would you?
>>54775771
I suggested a quieter alternative
>>54775771
my loudest piece of equipment is my 10GbE switch, fans are always blaring
>>54775568
shit- enterprise and they suck. decent for what you get and do direct wiring not wireless duh/.
>>54775783
You suggested the exact same thing but in a tower, It's still gonna be loud as fuck.
>>54775828
>>54775706
holy fuck
I want that case
16tb and 5 years later. Love it
N40L masterrace.
>>54775568
Just build your own with AM1 based hardware, or fork out the cash for ECC memory
>>54775568
the selling point for synology is their software, so if that's what you're interested in fine, but if not it'll be cheaper to roll your own and use freenas or something. theoretically you could throw together a nas with an rpi an an external drive, not sure how well that would actually work but the general idea is to set up something with networking and storage, then use an android stick/box or some other cheap alternative to feed to you tv/soundsystem
>>54777081
but the software is free, anon
>>54777319
I didn't think it was, or that it had peculiar hardware requirements
>>54775568
I have 2 QNAP and 1 Zyxel. Looking at getting a Synology soon.
QNAP works very well for what I use it for: deluge and nzbget. Just get a model that has a lot of RAM or upgradeable ram would be my suggestion.
Mine has 512MB and doing repairs on usenet downloads can max it out sometimes.
NAS is a big meme for home servers. I got 2x4TB drives and a standard build with microATX for a server (raid-less for now, stress testing drives and have backups), will install Debian on it.
Only bad decision I made is get a desktop case, it is a bit oversized, but since the PSU is not modular it is still nice to have extra space for wires, and don't really have to worry about heat as much.
I plan to use it for video encoding and obviously file storage/backup, maybe some virtualization.
>>54777039
this!
>>54775783
>mfw i want a server in my bedroom
I have an odroid-c with a 2TB drive.
Runs flexget/transmission and then serves the media to my network with minidlna and nfs.
>>54775568
I built a mini-itx box and put FreeNAS on it and I'm happy as fuck. I can give more info if you're looking for a custom solution.
>>54778097
Not OP, but interested in your setup. I am looking to create a better Nas4Free/FreeNas server and I am wondering what is your hardware setup?
What is even the point of an NAS over a regular home server? You need ECC ram (expensive mobo, cpu, ram), basically need RAID or there's no point, which means you would have to be in a situation where you have a lot of drives, a lot of disk space needed, and where you cannot afford any downtime (since you need backups anyway and the whole point of RAID is avoiding downtime if a drive fails).
I have to assume freeNAS shit is just well marketed and people think that if they need a few TB of disk space outside of their personal computer they need one.
>>54775568
I have a NAS in the form of an intel nuc.
It also runs plex, sickrage, couchpotato and openvpn.
Why overpay for a NAS when you can just stick shit into the USB 3.0 ports and use samba?
>>54778289
The intel nuc I'm using is D54250WYK with 2x2tb drives attached to it.
It's also small but still powerful enough to transcode 3-4 (maybe more, havent tested more than 4) 720p plex streams at the same time.
I bought it during a sale for 150$. Was looking for a machine to run a NAS and PLEX on so that I didn't have to leave my main computer on 24/7. It's almost completely silent and barely makes any noise, so I just keep it next to my router.
>>54778268
freenas is a fucking joke, use something else.
>>54778268
ASRock C2550D4I for motherboard/CPU and 16GB of ECC RAM in a Fractal Design Node 304 case. Not the best mix of motherboard and case since certain things like USB versions don't match up, but I'm extremely happy with the setup.
>>54778378
I don't know what's up this guy's ass, FreeNAS fucking owns. Phenomenal for torrents, Plex, and general storage and sharing.
>>54778360
How do you fit 2 drive in a nuc? Is it sitting on the side?
>>54778420
usb 3.0 drives in their own drive-enclosures.
>>54778396
Awesome thanks for the info, and yeah I have had no issues with FreeNas in the past, to each their own I guess.
>>54778396
windows server would be 'phenomenal' for that shit. freenas is a pissing contest, total bitch to set up, if something ever goes wrong you are fucked, cant expand the storage, easier than people want you to believe to lose your pool and data.
MUH SNAPSHOTS is not a valid enough reason to go through the bullshit of that.
at least it is now generally known that ecc ram is not necessary
>>54778582
I found it to be really easy to set up and software raid with multi-disk parity is extremely worth the effort. Also, you can expand your storage.
>>54778885
if you consider creating another dev or pool or whatever the fuck has to be done which in the end doesnt expand an already created pool a 'solution', i guess thats fine for you
>>54778957
I haven't actually done it as my build won't need an upgrade for at least 5 years even with all of the porn hoarding I've been doing lately, but everything I've just read indicates that it's relatively painless to add larger drives and 'grow' the pool.
>>54775568
Synology software is great and the enclosures are nice, but you don't get ECC support, beefier processors, more RAM capactity, etc. for anything close to a sane price.
>>54778582
If you want ZFS to work for you in a worthwhile storage capacity, expect to spend 2000+. This market is shit for drive prices.
>>54777039
are they quiet?
>>54779189
I'm running ZFS and I'm pretty sure I spent around $1000 total. 15 TB.
Synology uses btrfs which is pretty good as well.
