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The prices for the larger ones are ridiculous though. 800$ for a 5-bay NAS without HDDs is a lot. You could easily build 2 or more NASes with the same specs for
by emsy 11y ago
The prices for the larger ones are ridiculous though. 800$ for a 5-bay NAS without HDDs is a lot. You could easily build 2 or more NASes with the same specs for that money.
Also, having used a Synology I think it's a niche product. It's too powerful for people who simply want to put files and backups on their network. But for people who like to tinker and control, it's too restricted. You can basically only install software that has been ported to Synology. Getting it to do automated tasks the way you want to can be annoyingly complicated. I would recommend it to an advanced customer, who needs features like Owncloud or VNP without having the burden to maintain a system.
- jdhawk 11y agoxpenology lets you run synology on commodity hardware - I have a 212j, and run xpenology on an old Optiplex I had lying around for Plex with Transcoding. pretty neat
- briffle 11y agoI was playing with the parts in this article, and it was up near $2500 from amazon. $250MB motherboard, 4x$60 8GB dimms, etc.
- emsy 11y agoI was talking about the 5bay Synology model.
- soylentcola 11y agoFor me it was a matter of wanting basic network backup and storage as well as DVR/storage for a couple of IP security cams I have around the house. I know I could have set up something from scratch but instead I just went with the Synology for ease of setup, relatively affordable price (didn't have enough of the right parts laying around for a franken-build), and as you say, less burden of maintenance. I wouldn't necessarily want to depend on it for something "mission critical" but it's a convenient solution along with online backup for media storage and security cam management. My only regret is not buying one with a more powerful processor since this one isn't really capable of transcoding media. Instead, I have all of my home media backed up to the Synology and run a Plex server on my primary desktop. The Plex server reads the media from the NAS and can then send to Chromecast or be accessed from Plex or Kodi running on my Android TV.