Ssd or hdd for Nas

cbd-flower

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which one would you use in a synology Nas for backup. I currently have no backup method.
The ssd for better read and write speeds or the hdd for bigger storage.
 
Pointless having SSD in a NAS- whole point of NAS is mass storage and constant writing regular HDD are plenty fast enough. I get around 200mb sec performance on 3.5" HDD

Only benefit of SSD would be silence
 
nah. Also SSD has wear thing going...so if it's used for constant writing...then SSD will die earlier.

By the time a regular spinning HDD fails, it is typically such a useless size. I've still got 120GB and 320GB HDD that are still working. Probably the 80MB drives would still be working...if I had them. Been sent into the afterlife haha
 
Yeah, ssd is not for nas. too many read/write will wear out the drive. Quieter, yes but lifespan will be poor. Go for hdd.
 
I’m going to add something else to the mix. Online backing up. Seeing as I don’t have the n.a.s yet or the drives would it be easier? I can imagine a n.a.s would be cheaper and more storage in the long run. Also I have no prior knowledge how to set up a n.a.s, I’ve heard the synology’s are pretty user friendly.
 
cbd-flower said:
I’m going to add something else to the mix. Online backing up. Seeing as I don’t have the n.a.s yet or the drives would it be easier? I can imagine a n.a.s would be cheaper and more storage in the long run. Also I have no prior knowledge how to set up a n.a.s, I’ve heard the synology’s are pretty user friendly.
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Setting up NAS is pretty easy, there is usually a setup prog which'll find the NAS on your network, if not enter in the IP then you have the wizard screen, you'll need the downloaded firmware file during setup.

Username, rights etc, what apps you want, creating RAID type, music location and indexing etc.

I use a pi so had to create user for the pi, NFS user right access etc. It's as complicated as you need it to be. Used to have LMS installed but got rid of that, now it's just a NAS for music, video, software backup.

If you want to use docker you'll need an intel based NAS. Mines realtek so can't install it, but it's plenty fast, quad core 2ghz or something like that. 2GB RAM, not upgradeable but 2GB is plenty for my use.

I would recommend at least a dual bay. Mines a quad bay, using two of the four.
 
is updating the firmware straight forward?

Everything else you said seems doable.

I won’t be getting a pi but on the other hand a usb4 external would be a lot easier even though there is no redundancy.

And my internet connection is faster than any hdd or ssd for that matter so using it for backing up seems sensible.
 
yes firmware update is easy, either on first time or for updates

Useful to map drives also ie Z:\

You can also connect USB HDD into NAS's for additional storage. You can map these USB drives as well.
 
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