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

[Duane Brown]

Agreed, I've one also and am just as pleased.

It's long out of warranty and I recently got an email for a firmware update.

On 11/29/2017 10:19 AM, Carl T. Miller wrote:
> 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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