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Need help choosing a NAS. (thebrainbin.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Hello everyone! I need your help choosing a NAS. (I don't need a big one, a 2 bay model should suffice.) What are your recommendations?

(Not so long ago, I would have taken one from Synology, but it seems they now force us to use their own, too expensive, HDD.)

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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

but it seems they now force us to use their own, too expensive, HDD

They reversed that policy (also you could get around it quite easily).

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    TerraMaster F4-423 and then replace the internal USB drive with a fresh one and install OpenMediaVault or TrueNas or whatever.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    CWWK pocket NAS

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    @artyom@piefed.social It's to stock RAW video footage (and photos) + edited video, don't need to have SSD speed to it. (SATA speed will be plenty enough.) That said, thanks for the info, I didn't know CWWK Pocket NAS existed.

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Very happy with my UGREEN. Though it's my first so I don't have anything to compare it to

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I got a Synology 2 bay for saving my memories of sailing the high seas. I

    t has been fine thus far.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Roll your own with a Raspberry Pi.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Depending on the Pi, you will be limited to USB2 speeds.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    @Limerance@piefed.social @Naich@lemmings.world Even with USB3, might be a bit short in speed. Don't need to go to NVMe speed, but I think modern SATA HDD would be nice. Also, it will be put on a local network.

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    • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I bought an Asustor a few years ago. I would recommend it.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Nas - Represent is a great start.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I went with qnap. Synology, I think, can't be trusted to stick with that policy reversal.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I got an older version of one of these and put some opensource software on it. I did proxmox cause it runs a bunch of stuff, not just nas stuff.

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