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Ah, you and I are in the same boat. I finally pulled the trigger and racked up all of my network equipment and put everything behind a nice NAS and power condit
by cweagans 9y ago
Ah, you and I are in the same boat. I finally pulled the trigger and racked up all of my network equipment and put everything behind a nice NAS and power conditioner. My backups run hourly, and I have ~5 devices regularly backing up to this NAS, so my requirements are a bit higher than yours.
That aside, the Synology is just a linux box with a nice chassis. You don't necessarily need it to always be running. Shut it down when you're not using it and boot it up when you need it.
- saganus 9y agoI would love to have a setup like yours, I just can't justify the cost for the type of data I have. I mean, yeah sure, my pictures and personal stuff are very valuable, but I already have a few copies in my parent's home, etc, and I don't produce much photos or videos anymore so my space needs grow very slowly. However I would prefer to just have one more layer just in case. I thought Synology products were meant to be kep on so I came to believe that startup times and such would be a pain, but maybe if they are not it could work fine for my needs... I'll definitely consider it! Also.. yeah, once I get a nice chunk of money I too would love to have a line conditioner... but dayum those things are expensive. Btw, can you recommend a particular model you like? Thanks!
- cweagans 9y agoThis is the one I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XJLLKG https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XJLLKG It's not a dedicated power conditioner, I guess, but it does handle voltage irregularities, and it switches to battery and back fast enough to not be an issue in brownouts.
- saganus 9y agoGreat! Thanks, I'll dig into it a bit more.