[mdlug] Fwd: Network Attached Storage (NAS) unit

[Carl T. Miller]

Many years ago I bought a ReadyNAS device and four
1 TB drives.  I was impressed that it supported
nfs, samba, ftp, scp and iscsi.  Also it had a web
page that made it very easy to manage.  Two things
really impressed me about it: security updates and
the ability to replace the drives.

I just pulled out a 1 TB drive and replaced it with
a 2 TB drive, then waited for it to sync.  After
doing this three more times I rebooted and doubled
the capacity...all with a down time of about 5 minutes.

Since then I have upgraded to 3 TB drives and bought
a second unit to backup the first unit.

I'm surprised the Netgear didn't make the list of
devices to be reviewed by pcmag.

c


email5000 at usa.com wrote:
> I'm in the market for a Network Attached Storage (NAS). My minimum
> requirements are very basic: storage.  I'm looking for recommendations
> of brands to consider / stay away from, experience, considerations, etc.
>
> I've seen some units that have some great sounding features, but it
> isn't worth it to me to spend significant money on those. I've id'd some
> basic core H/W and S/W features below, that I feel are appropriately
> necessary for today and looking forward:
>
>  Â Â Â  * 2 drive bays
>  Â Â Â  * multi-core microprocessor
>  Â Â Â  * >= 512 MB RAM
>  Â Â Â  * RAID (usual set: Basic, RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD)
>  Â Â Â  * SATA 2, 3 Drive connectivity
>  Â Â Â  * Gigabit Ethernet
>  Â Â Â  * USB 2, 3
>
>  Â Â Â  * multi-media streaming (ethernet, poss. wi-fi) within the home
>  Â Â Â  * SMB 2, 3
>
>  Â Â Â  * Needs to support Windows XP (if only temporarily, until I can
> migrate completely to Linux). N.B. I've seen references to minimum
> Windows OS requirements that make me think this is common...maybe only
> some models).
>
> Possibly (not absolutely necessary)
>  Â Â Â  * FTP
>  Â Â Â  * web server
>  Â Â Â  * e-mail server
>
> I read an online rating (PCMag.com 9/2017) of 8 different units, including
> brands: Synology, QNAP, Buffalo TeraStation, Western Digital.
> Western Digital is out automatically (because of their 90+% failure rate
> -- in my experience). Synololgy appears to be everywhere, and is of the
> top two (Synology, QNAP) that I've seen in reviews. So, I've been looking
> at a several Synology units, particularly the DS216, DS216+, DS218,
> DS218+, but
> have not committed to any of them.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Hall
>
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