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Synology DiskStations are an affordable option (<$1000) for on-prem data storage accessible to your web application. They run a standard LAMP stack out of the b

Synology DiskStations are an affordable option (<$1000) for on-prem data storage accessible to your web application. They run a standard LAMP stack out of the box (basic database and file storage) and have redundant/RAID storage. A few tips from experience: if you can get them to put it on a dedicated IP, even better; use Synology firewall to limit access to your servers IPs, or VPN (do not leave on public net, because ransomware); set to auto-update the OS (because the customer never will!); still have another backup (even a USB-attached 1TB solid state drive, but ideally another physical location); disable all unused services (to limit potential exploits); if customer allows, give them a user and you a user - enable logging and now you can demonstrate if/when you had to access their box for maintenance (feel good factor)

koolba 10y ago
> Synology DiskStations are an affordable option (<$1000) for on-prem data storage accessible to your web application. They run a standard LAMP stack out of the box (basic database and file storage) and have redundant/RAID storage. You're joking right? What enterprise would install a consumer NAS in their data center to use for "data storage accessible to your web application"? [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached-DS1513/dp/B00CM9K7E6 http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached...
- telecuda 10y ago
  Can you explain? Sure, they're marketed to consumers because their audience is largely there, but if configured securely (to only talk to your infrastructure etc) offer a very affordable option to store data behind a customer's walls. "In their data center" implies you're thinking large enterprises. Small businesses/industries may have requirements to keep data on-prem but without enterprise budgets. (Your link returns 404 for me)
  - koolba 10y ago
    > Can you explain? Sure, they're marketed to consumers because their audience is largely there, but if configured securely (to only talk to your infrastructure etc) offer a very affordable option to store data behind a customer's walls. Couple of separate points. First off forget "affordable". The customer that's paying for an on site version of something has a very different definition of "affordable" than whatever you're considering. Something that costs $500 literally rounds to zero. Second, nobody, and I mean NOBODY, is going to let you plug your own box onto their network to watch some other box that you've deployed on their network. In fact, you're not going to have your app on your own box there either. The vast majority of customers will want to deploy your software on whatever version of RHEL they have a licenses for (or CentOS if they're "modern"). At best you'll deploy your app in a VM that (hopefulyy) plays nice with whatever VM kit they're using. Third, that consumer NAS won't fit in a rack. Is it just going to be plugged in to a wall socket with a cross over cable connecting to your "app box"? > (Your link returns 404 for me) Sorry about that. I chopped off the rest of the gunk at the end of the URL and ended up taking too much off.
    - brianwawok 10y ago
      I think Synology has a rack mounted product, but it is still a terrible idea ;)
  - brazzledazzle 10y ago
    Ignoring the SMB market: If you send something like a Synology to an enterprise customer you will get a bad reputation. Better off just getting whatever rackable Dell or HP offers will serve your purposes. You also get the benefit of their hardware support which can be onsite with parts within 4 hours or less depending on the support you pay for.

koolba 10y ago

> Synology DiskStations are an affordable option (<$1000) for on-prem data storage accessible to your web application. They run a standard LAMP stack out of the box (basic database and file storage) and have redundant/RAID storage. You're joking right? What enterprise would install a consumer NAS in their data center to use for "data storage accessible to your web application"? [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached-DS1513/dp/B00CM9K7E6 http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached...

telecuda 10y ago
Can you explain? Sure, they're marketed to consumers because their audience is largely there, but if configured securely (to only talk to your infrastructure etc) offer a very affordable option to store data behind a customer's walls. "In their data center" implies you're thinking large enterprises. Small businesses/industries may have requirements to keep data on-prem but without enterprise budgets. (Your link returns 404 for me)
- koolba 10y ago
  > Can you explain? Sure, they're marketed to consumers because their audience is largely there, but if configured securely (to only talk to your infrastructure etc) offer a very affordable option to store data behind a customer's walls. Couple of separate points. First off forget "affordable". The customer that's paying for an on site version of something has a very different definition of "affordable" than whatever you're considering. Something that costs $500 literally rounds to zero. Second, nobody, and I mean NOBODY, is going to let you plug your own box onto their network to watch some other box that you've deployed on their network. In fact, you're not going to have your app on your own box there either. The vast majority of customers will want to deploy your software on whatever version of RHEL they have a licenses for (or CentOS if they're "modern"). At best you'll deploy your app in a VM that (hopefulyy) plays nice with whatever VM kit they're using. Third, that consumer NAS won't fit in a rack. Is it just going to be plugged in to a wall socket with a cross over cable connecting to your "app box"? > (Your link returns 404 for me) Sorry about that. I chopped off the rest of the gunk at the end of the URL and ended up taking too much off.
  - brianwawok 10y ago
    I think Synology has a rack mounted product, but it is still a terrible idea ;)
- brazzledazzle 10y ago
  Ignoring the SMB market: If you send something like a Synology to an enterprise customer you will get a bad reputation. Better off just getting whatever rackable Dell or HP offers will serve your purposes. You also get the benefit of their hardware support which can be onsite with parts within 4 hours or less depending on the support you pay for.