G+_Alex Hulinsky Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 What is the best NAS out there? I'm looking to replace a Windows Server 2008 file sharing server. I know Padre has some opinions on the topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_DigitalMatrixIO (Eric L Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 The best is the one that does most or everything you need it to do and does it well. You have not told us what you want it to do or what features you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joe Valasko Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Don't waste your money on a Drobo. Poor tech support. I speak from experience. I own four Drobo 5N. Never again will a Drobo be part of my installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Hutchinson Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Fr. Robert very often recommends Synology on TWiT shows. I use QNAP in my home office but I don't think I'd recommend it for anything bigger than a small office. In the past I've used a couple different NAS devices from D-Link but like the QNAP I wouldn't use them for more than a couple users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Shooter_FPV (Shooter_FP Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Typically the two most mentioned are QNAP and Synology. Unfortunately I have a Afro I as well, but thankfully it’s been running good so far. I’ll probably invest in a Synology later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dan Hockey Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 If you can afford it, buy a Synology with an Intel cpu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 From what I've seen, Synology or QNAP are the top 2 followed by Drobo in 3rd. If you choose to build, FreeNAS, XPenology, or just your favorite Linux distro. I built mine with XPenology using 10 year old hardware and don't regret it at all. I'm fairly confident that if my motherboard dies I can throw these drives into another desktop or a Synology NAS and be back in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Hutchinson Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I'll second Ben Reese's suggestion of a build your own system. I did that myself up until about 2006 when I switched to small NAS units to reduce electricity usage. With a PC based NAS the performance issues I mentioned earlier are no longer a factor. They do usually require a tiny bit more administration labor and a lot more electricity. So if the electricity usage isn't a concern and you don't mind maybe spending a few more hours per year taking care of it, a home built PC based NAS is a good way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Now if we could just get #FreeNAS to run on ARM, life would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alex Hulinsky Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 I've never heard of QNAP before, so I'll have to look them up now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Alex Hulinsky QNAP is a competitor to Synology. They serve the same market. Though I prefer Synology better, I'd put QNAP on close to equal footing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Ben Tyger I'd take FreeNAS running on old x86 hardware even. Part of my reason for going with Xpenology over FreeNAS is that I'm using an old PC limited to 8 GB RAM - the miminim requirement for FreeNAS. Synology DSM is designed to run on very low speced hardware making it a great candidate for old systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Ben Reese I agree. FreeNAS isn't always so easy on requirements. The pickiness of storage controllers and higher than often expected RAM requirements and 64bit requirement, often make FreeNAS less than idea for tinkering. Also with any full blow machines, there is higher power requirements. It doesn't help at that one of the 'perfect' low power mobos that has an ATOM CPU has a CPU bug causes silent corruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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