synology DS3615xs or build my own nas??????

[syfer1987]

Ok I am not sure in which way to go I see that synology DS3615xs and the price of one would be £1,604.82 and this is 12 bay drive with low Intel Core i3-4130. I want know if its cheaper to make my own a 12 bay nas can any one help me?
I know that you can upgrade the cpu on synology DS3615xs but what I want to know is what cpu can I upgrade this with?
I was think of these case
U-NAS NSC-800 Server Chassis
or
SilverStone DS380 SFF NAS chassis
as for hardware I was think latest Skylake or mebe amd not sure but I believe intel mombo is better.

 

[pc-guy]

I have had 3 NAS in my life so far. each time i bought one, i said to myself, this is exactly what I NEED. then 2 or 3 years down the line, oh crap I need more capacity or it is too slow.

so the key there is I was looking at what i need as opposed to what headroom each NAS offered in terms of future proof.

So this is the problem of choosing entry level NAS or mid range. but I guess in your situation it is not a problem as the NAS you have is vastly expandable.

however i still want to say consider future. so with a server you can change cpu, add ram, add PCIe cards for future storage buses. albeit a windows back pc will not be as efficient but you can run unix and get all the app you want.

i am not familiar with DS3615 so it may have capability of swapping or adding ram and bus cards etc.

 

[KIA]

If I were you and had the same budget, I'd go down the DIY route.

Would you like to get your hands dirty or would you prefer things to be as simple as possible?

 

[syfer1987]

Well I am new to this I i already have 2 10tb hard drives that I want to put in raid. My plan is to build nas but was wondering i plan on buying more in the feature for hard drives. I would like to build something that is powerful and have able to stream to 4 tablets and 4 phones and any other devices that I buy in the feature so I dont have a budget but something that is powerful and eco friendly at the same time me a xean cpu. 1 problem I face is if my hard drives dies and I have say 4 or 8 how do I know which one is dead as the diy way their no way in telling which has diet so I am wondering if their is a solution to this in the diy way?

 

[KIA]

4 or 8 how do I know which one is dead as the diy way their no way in telling which has diet so I am wondering if their is a solution to this in the diy way?

Physically label each drive with its own serial number. If one drives, look for the missing drive's serial number.