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What is your strategy if the NAS (controller) dies in you and you need the data? Is Synology using proprietary formats or could you just put the drives in a des
by weitzj 10y ago
What is your strategy if the NAS (controller) dies in you and you need the data?
Is Synology using proprietary formats or could you just put the drives in a desktop machine?
Is the strategy to buy a new Synology?
Or do you treat the NAS as a backup and add an offsite archive (e.g. S3), and then you can restore the archive to any device you want (new Synology, freenas).
This comment should not be understood as offensive. I am just interested where one draws the line.
- sllabres 10y agoFrom what i read on the Synology website they use EXT4 or BTRFS for the internal disks; so no proprietary format.
- ValentineC 10y agoSynology's NASes uses Linux mdadm, so you could use either a replacement Synology NAS, or a PC [1] to access your data. [1] https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/Storage/How_can_I_recover_data_from_my_DiskStation_using_a_PC https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutoria...
- mahyarm 10y agoYou can restore drives from a dead synology like other people said, and I also have a amazon cloud drive backup. The NAS is for fast onsite backup. I use arq to backup to both destinations. You always want 3 copies: one on your computer, one onsite and one offsite. If there is a fire or everything electronic is stolen from your house, you still have the offsite.