Decent budget NAS
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I'm looking for a budget NAS for my parents. At least 2TB. Any suggestions?
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ReadyNAS and Synology, two bay units. Diskless, add your own disks.
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Buffalo TeraStation 1200D Desktop 4 TB NAS Hard Drives Included
https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-TeraStation-Desktop-Drives-Included/dp/B00ND1L2EQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1515366273&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=buffalo+nas&psc=1 -
@irj what's going on it? If important stuff like photos etc then think about backup 😀
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You can add Backblaze for cloud backups.
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@hobbit666 said in Decent budget NAS:
@irj what's going on it? If important stuff like photos etc then think about backup 😀
yeah. I am wondering if a RAID 1 is sufficient or if I should also do backups. I dont want to be involved in troubleshooting anything on a regular basis.
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@syko24 said in Decent budget NAS:
Buffalo TeraStation 1200D Desktop 4 TB NAS Hard Drives Included
https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-TeraStation-Desktop-Drives-Included/dp/B00ND1L2EQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1515366273&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=buffalo+nas&psc=1Not a bad price, but How has your experience been with Buffalo?
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@irj said in Decent budget NAS:
@syko24 said in Decent budget NAS:
Buffalo TeraStation 1200D Desktop 4 TB NAS Hard Drives Included
https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-TeraStation-Desktop-Drives-Included/dp/B00ND1L2EQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1515366273&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=buffalo+nas&psc=1Not a bad price, but How has your experience been with Buffalo?
I have one. I haven't had any issues with it, and performance is pretty good. I can pull over 50 Mb/s on average.
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@irj said in Decent budget NAS:
@syko24 said in Decent budget NAS:
Buffalo TeraStation 1200D Desktop 4 TB NAS Hard Drives Included
https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-TeraStation-Desktop-Drives-Included/dp/B00ND1L2EQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1515366273&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=buffalo+nas&psc=1Not a bad price, but How has your experience been with Buffalo?
I actually just bought the 12TB model so not sure yet. It’s been a while since I bought Buffalo. I have bought them in the past and they have faired well.
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@irj yeah that should be fine but what happens if the house burns down.
It's all about risk etc. But I would be happy with just raid1
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https://www.asustor.com/product/AS1002T?p_id=42
Have full info about it and use it for work for 1 year.
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I concur with ReadyNAS or Synology recommendations. Buffalo Terastations have been hit and miss, not sure that I trust it any longer.
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@dbeato said in Decent budget NAS:
I concur with ReadyNAS or Synology recommendations. Buffalo Terastations have been hit and miss, not sure that I trust it any longer.
I've heard mixed reviews about Buffalo terrastations which is why I asked.
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@irj said in Decent budget NAS:
@dbeato said in Decent budget NAS:
I concur with ReadyNAS or Synology recommendations. Buffalo Terastations have been hit and miss, not sure that I trust it any longer.
I've heard mixed reviews about Buffalo terrastations which is why I asked.
It is always hit and miss.
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If you want to lower risk, look at the Synology-based IOsafe devices. Able to live through a fire and flood. Still just a Synology, but like a Synology is a fire proof safe.
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@scottalanmiller said in Decent budget NAS:
If you want to lower risk, look at the Synology-based IOsafe devices. Able to live through a fire and flood. Still just a Synology, but like a Synology is a fire proof safe.
Definitely out of the consumer price range for any RAID 1 NAS, although I find it odd that they have iosafe Solo units. I would think the risk of a hard drive failing is much more likely than fire or flooding.
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@irj said in Decent budget NAS:
@scottalanmiller said in Decent budget NAS:
If you want to lower risk, look at the Synology-based IOsafe devices. Able to live through a fire and flood. Still just a Synology, but like a Synology is a fire proof safe.
Definitely out of the consumer price range for any RAID 1 NAS, although I find it odd that they have iosafe Solo units. I would think the risk of a hard drive failing is much more likely than fire or flooding.
Sure, but perhaps it's a sync'ed NAS...
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@dashrender said in Decent budget NAS:
@irj said in Decent budget NAS:
@scottalanmiller said in Decent budget NAS:
If you want to lower risk, look at the Synology-based IOsafe devices. Able to live through a fire and flood. Still just a Synology, but like a Synology is a fire proof safe.
Definitely out of the consumer price range for any RAID 1 NAS, although I find it odd that they have iosafe Solo units. I would think the risk of a hard drive failing is much more likely than fire or flooding.
Sure, but perhaps it's a sync'ed NAS...
so you can wind up with a situation where you're more worried about fire than disk failure.IE: If you work at or near Samsung battery factories, ha ha.
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WD MyCloud. I hear they're easy to remote support.
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@stacksofplates said in Decent budget NAS:
WD MyCloud. I hear they're easy to remote support.
pun intended :person_climbing_medium-dark_skin_tone:
