Which NAS?

DustyMiller · 16 Aug 2013 at 11:40

vote for Synology here.

I have a DS412+ with 4 x 3tb Toshiba 7200 drives in (RAID 1+0), runing iSCSI to my Vmware cluster, and CIFS for the windows clients.

The OS is really nice, and simple, and the aps side of it is pretty good, again some really useful ones, and some not so.

Danger Phoenix · 17 Aug 2013 at 14:27

Toys have arrived

Danger Phoenix · 17 Aug 2013 at 22:30

Oops, I didn't get a switch that supports LACP (LAG)... should I bother returning the one I have and getting one that does support it?

Sin_Chase · 18 Aug 2013 at 07:59

Danger Phoenix said:
Oops, I didn't get a switch that supports LACP (LAG)... should I bother returning the one I have and getting one that does support it?

Link aggregation is pointless unless you expect to exceed 1Gbit throughput.

Usage scenario in which you would might be multiple clients using the NAS simultaneously (Multiple PCs + media devices) or if your desktop has multiple gigabit NICs you intend to aggregate also.

Throughput is still limited on a single client to NAS basis by the speed of the client...in a typical desktop usage scenario this will be 1Gbit.

Mikey · 18 Aug 2013 at 10:15

I'm also looking at these with the view of 4 x 1TB disks in a RAID config. Multi LUNs for normal PC usage, iTunes (500GB collection) and VMware

Also got a stack of JBOD -
2 x 76GB
2 x 160GB
1 x 250GB
1 x 320GB
1 x 160GB 2.5"

PC and laptop are running off SSD and I also use SkyDrive

Looks like it could be Synology, I was originally leaning towards the QNAP

Danger Phoenix · 18 Aug 2013 at 11:09

Mikey said:
I'm also looking at these with the view of 4 x 1TB disks in a RAID config. Multi LUNs for normal PC usage, iTunes (500GB collection) and VMware

Also got a stack of JBOD -
2 x 76GB
2 x 160GB
1 x 250GB
1 x 320GB
1 x 160GB 2.5"

PC and laptop are running off SSD and I also use SkyDrive

Looks like it could be Synology, I was originally leaning towards the QNAP

If it helps, I've had my Synoloy for 1 day now and am not regretting my purchase :cool:

Danger Phoenix · 18 Aug 2013 at 11:48

Sin_Chase said:
Link aggregation is pointless unless you expect to exceed 1Gbit throughput.

Usage scenario in which you would might be multiple clients using the NAS simultaneously (Multiple PCs + media devices) or if your desktop has multiple gigabit NICs you intend to aggregate also.

Throughput is still limited on a single client to NAS basis by the speed of the client...in a typical desktop usage scenario this will be 1Gbit.

When I move house in the next few months, my PC will be connected to the switch with 2 x 1GBit connections paired together. The NAS will also be connected the same way.

Mikey · 18 Aug 2013 at 13:11

Danger Phoenix said:
If it helps, I've had my Synoloy for 1 day now and am not regretting my purchase

What model did you get?

Danger Phoenix · 18 Aug 2013 at 15:53

Mikey said:
What model did you get?

I got the DS1813+, but have only filled 6 of the drive bays. This was my order:

I am returning the NetGear switch and am buying the HP ProCurve 1810-24G because I didn't realise that the one I had ordered didn't support LACP.

ChrisD. · 18 Aug 2013 at 16:09

Good choice with the Synology, I had a 413 and I think it's brilliant.

Mikey · 18 Aug 2013 at 21:15

Wow ouch that's an expensive one. I'll prob stick with looking at 4 x disk arrays

Danger Phoenix · 18 Aug 2013 at 21:37

Mikey said:
Wow ouch that's an expensive one. I'll prob stick with looking at 4 x disk arrays

Indeed it is, but I just wanted ease of expansion in the future

Danger Phoenix · 20 Aug 2013 at 19:37

New switch in and LACP enabled

zoomee · 20 Aug 2013 at 21:25

Did you get the SSD for the NAS too mate?
I note that the latest beta firmware (which i'm running at moment) has support for SSD caching - but looking at the forums it seems like you need at least two for it to work...

Danger Phoenix · 20 Aug 2013 at 21:27

zoomee said:
Did you get the SSD for the NAS too mate?
I note that the latest beta firmware (which i'm running at moment) has support for SSD caching - but looking at the forums it seems like you need at least two for it to work...

I didn't bother with the SSDs. My NAS is primarily for storage so need need the speed, but the reason I wanted LACP was to cater for more than one PC copying to/from it on a gigabit connection.

Petrolhead · 1 Oct 2013 at 11:50

I am thinking of getting a NAS also and read this thread with interest.

I am considering the DS213J however I need to know if it can be used to download torrents and if it can is it any good at doing that?

HungryHippos · 1 Oct 2013 at 12:57

It should be fine, they have a lot of packages available for the Synology NAS's - I use mine for Sickbeard/Sab/CouchPotato no problem.

Low powered device so you can leave it running without costing the earth to power it as well, I have mine on a startup/shutdown schedule which you can set however you like, so mine turns off overnight for example and back on again in the afternoon.

Petrolhead · 1 Oct 2013 at 13:17

Cheers

So what would I use for steaming and what would I use for downloading torrents?

HungryHippos · 1 Oct 2013 at 16:22

The Synology comes with some built in packages you can install/run, but also you can get 3rd party packages, for example from http://www.synocommunity.com/packages.

Have a look through those, I'm sure one of them would do torrents.

Regards Streamer I think there is a plex app, but I use XBMC with a Raspberry Pi.

R3X · 1 Oct 2013 at 17:33

Eulogy said:
The Synology comes with some built in packages you can install/run, but also you can get 3rd party packages, for example from http://www.synocommunity.com/packages.

Have a look through those, I'm sure one of them would do torrents.

Regards Streamer I think there is a plex app, but I use XBMC with a Raspberry Pi.

Does XBMC off a raspberry handle 1080p mkvs and movies fine though ?

I would have half imagined the quality and performance would not come close to an small or htpc pc ?