8Tb NAS suggestions

Beerbaron · 10 Jul 2013 at 12:11

I am looking to add a NAS to our network at work. It doesnt need to be massive disk space wise so going to mirror the 2 4Tb drives. What can people recommend?

This is what i have been looking at so far:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Synology Diskstation DS213 2-Bay Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage Enclosure £239.99
2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD4001FAEX) HDD £224.99 (£449.98)
Total : £701.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Thanks.

gregorius · 10 Jul 2013 at 12:26

This or this would save a bit of cash...

Beerbaron · 10 Jul 2013 at 12:41

I did look at them but couldnt see what drives came with it.

The difference between DS213+ and DS213 just single and dual CPUs?

gregorius · 10 Jul 2013 at 14:09

ISTR that this (which disks) was asked before on here. The answer given was that you'd get a Seagate drive (either the Barracuda or the new NAS drive depending on stock levels).

In addition to the dual core versus single core processor, the 213+ has a floating point unit, whereas the 213 doesn't.

randal · 10 Jul 2013 at 14:13

HP Microserver an option?

Twice the number of bays, more CPU power and expandability options. Couple with FreeNAS which is free etc.

Beerbaron · 10 Jul 2013 at 15:41

I did consider it but its only going to be used to store unused VMs so nothing intensive.

Beerbaron · 11 Jul 2013 at 08:40

gregorius said:
ISTR that this (which disks) was asked before on here. The answer given was that you'd get a Seagate drive (either the Barracuda or the new NAS drive depending on stock levels).

In addition to the dual core versus single core processor, the 213+ has a floating point unit, whereas the 213 doesn't.

What does the floating point unit do?

Energizer Bunny · 11 Jul 2013 at 09:10

Blacks aren't meant for NAS. Your best bet would be Caviar Reds (although they only come up to 3tb) or one of the alternatives designed for NAS (Seagate or Hitachi both do them)

gregorius · 11 Jul 2013 at 09:18

Beerbaron said:
What does the floating point unit do?

Synology claims that it speeds up thumbnail generation; another source on the web (Anandtech) suggests that it will speed up any DNLA apps running in the system.

Beerbaron · 11 Jul 2013 at 10:56

Energizer Bunny said:
Blacks aren't meant for NAS. Your best bet would be Caviar Reds (although they only come up to 3tb) or one of the alternatives designed for NAS (Seagate or Hitachi both do them)

I did look at reds but wanted the 4Tb disks

welshdragon · 11 Jul 2013 at 14:17

If you have the budget I would consider the DS713+. Purely for the extra performance the Intel Atom chip brings and the fact you can expand it with a 2 or 5 bay expansion module if your storage needs ever change.

joelk2 · 11 Jul 2013 at 14:58

seagate have 4TB NAS drives

cyber69 · 11 Jul 2013 at 15:42

Go for a 4 bay NAS for future expandability. Don't make the mistake of buying a dual bay NAS and then have to upgrade it in a years time due to space limitations.

Synology DS413 or DS412+ NAS is more suitable for business applications along with 4 x WD 3TB red's in a raid 5 array giving you 9TB of storage.

Or for now just buy 2 drives and put them in a raid 1 array then expand later.

Beerbaron · 15 Jul 2013 at 09:30

If I was to opt for the following to allow for future increase of disk space would I get 2x 4Tb or 4x 2Tb disks?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Synology Diskstation DS413 4-Bay Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage Enclosure - 8TB £659.99
Total : £671.99 (includes shipping : £10.00).