Im thinking of getting a synology ds1515+ but im debating if i should wait a bit that maybe its a...

[G+_Alex Martinez]

Im thinking of getting a synology ds1515+ but im debating if i should wait a bit that maybe its about time synology will release a newer model? Should i just buy or wait a bit?

[G+_Keith Mallett]

I don't think the ds1515+ will come down any more in price, but if you are getting it I would suggest getting more ram if you are going to have high IOPS (we have several running for clients and they sometimes pause while buffering requests). They are expandable to 6 gig. See if memorydepot.com - Computer Memory Upgrade // Solid State Storage // Memorydepot.com has the ram cheaper. Not sure if its proprietary but i suspect not.

 

What drives were you considering?

[G+_Ben Reese]

Have you checked camelcamelcamel? Looks like the current thing $700 is pretty close to the lowest it'd ever been.

[G+_Rud Dog]

Mind reader! Same here been looking at this NAS and was wondering which one to buy for use as my HDHomerun DVR?

PS

Tried loading the software on the WDmycloud but got somesort of SSH error.

[G+_Alex Martinez]

well i just was worried about buying now and in 2 months a new version is out but i guess noone really knows. Im going for 4tb wd reds i been slowly buying them when i see them on sale. Cheapest i found it was 650 for the ds1515+. Im going to use it as a surveillance system, movie system and a back up system.

[G+_Alex Martinez]

oh yah i saw about the upgrading on the ram yah ill probably do that if i decide to go with the ds1515+

[G+_Alex Martinez]

Decided to buy it and been playing with it for a bit . Its pretty amazing with all the features and storage * thumbs up*

[G+_Rud Dog]

Alex Martinez Congrats on pulling the trigger on the recording device, DS1515+. Pass along an nuggets you come across during your project. Thanks.

[G+_Rud Dog]

Alex Martinez and Ron Reifsnider 

 

Would you be so kind as to check the percent usage for the CPU when running as you describe :

 

" surveillance system, movie system and a back up system."

[G+_Alex Martinez]

right now im running one security camera and playing a movie on plex and backing up my files from my computer all at once and im getting about 35% cpu and 25%ram and everything seems pretty smooth

[G+_Rud Dog]

Alex Martinez That is impressive getting so close to making the final budget decision at which time will see if management (Da Wife) will approve the expenditure.

[G+_David Wiggins]

Wise move RE: the Management. Maybe you can convince her to swing for an extra to keep at the office to replicate for offsite. I keep hoping my grandad will upgrade from DSL so we can backup to each other (different states, so fire/flood/hurricane protection.

 

Failing that, I'll build a NAS for my cousin with a similar setup.

 

Also, for extra paranoia points, look at Glacier and setting up long term cold storage, fairly low overhead price . Where they get you is on recovery, bit still reasonable.

[G+_Dan Molseed]

Thinking about NAS myself for simple backups at home. Maybe some cloud storage, or media share if it's capable, not much beyond that other than to tinker with the options available on the NAS. How about the DS416j Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ mentioned in some episodes a while back that he liked? It's going for around $300, no drives. Other than number of drives, what else does the 1515 get you?

[G+_Rud Dog]

Dan Molseed I would do extensive research on the features included in which ever one you select.

Here is a case in point, I purchased the single drive WDmycloud only to find out the ability to add apps as in Plex was not included in what they call the lower end NAS units.

This might not be the case with Synology as this is the one I am researching and so far have not found any such limitation, but it is better safe then sorry.

The Synology still has a couple questions in need of answers for my eventual purchase (so very close to buying) and that is drive usage. For example on the Drobo you can hotswap drives the newer drive only need to be larger then the one you are swapping out is this true for the Synology unit? The second question; notice SJPadre stated you could update 4GBs of ram need to find out if that is the max it can handle.

Those are the things my pre-purchase questions are in need of answers before pulling the trigger.