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My conclusion from this was that the Synology is actually excellent value, and a newer one would likely have been superior on all dimensions (including time spe
by lazzlazzlazz 4y ago
My conclusion from this was that the Synology is actually excellent value, and a newer one would likely have been superior on all dimensions (including time spent).
- ulnarkressty 4y agoRight, apart from the entertainment/hobby value I'm not sure I understand these guides. It might be cheaper to build but in the end what you pay for is the software and not spending your time to configure it. At some point I wanted to go the TrueNAS / FreeNAS / OwnCloud etc. route but after seeing the pages upon pages of troubleshooting and lost data horror stories I stuck with a commercial solution.
- aborsy 4y agoIt’s hard to beat synology: small form factor, low power, quiet, excellent DSM software, web interface for file browsing, expandable array, a lot of apps including mobile apps for photo backup and backup apps, etc. But Synology doesn’t use ZFS, which is a better filesystem than btrfs. In particular ZFS offers native encryption (instead of the clunky ecryptfs in synology), and allows ZFS send from Linux servers.