I'm buying a NAS

[HoneyBadger]

I already have one, but it's rubbish...I want a better one.

I'm thinking Synology DS918+ with memory upgrade kit and SSD Cache.

Any reason why I should choose something else?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks for the fast reply!

I have 2 old NAS actually, a D-Link 310 something, it no longer supports most recent version of SMB (Only v1.1) so that got retired. I also have a single bay Buffalo 210D (2TB)

I'd like to get a 4+ bay NAS so I can had some RAID Resiliency and would start of with 32TB of space so I can point all my PC's at it.

The reason for the memory upgrade and SSD cache: I'll be running at least 2VM's from it, so the more memory the better (16GB - unofficially supported) and I've seen many reviews stating the SSD cache comes in really handy when using VM's.

I also looked at the older DS1715+ as that has 5 drive caddies - 4NIC's and PCIE expansion port but the weaker process, lower amount of RAM and higher price put me off.

Just a shame the DS918+ only had 2xGbE - I would have liked a 10GbE!

 

[HoneyBadger]

Installed alt f on your d link? I have on my 323.

Actually no, never knew about it so thanks. It's old but if I can re-purpose it for something, great. Does this allow SMB shares greater than v1.1?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks for the link. Is that capable of running VM’s? I see it has ESXi and vsphere/Vcentre integration but couldn’t fathom if it cannrun it on an app.

I had considered building my own NAS but came to the conclusion that I wanted something hassle free and low noise/power.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks guys. I’ve decided to revive my old d-link, more for something to do and I’ve decided to build my own NAS

I have most of the components anyway!

 

[HoneyBadger]

Anyone use unraid?