The concept sounds so good, can it replace those expensive Synology NAS boxes (I don't need RAID)? Why I still need to buy Synology boxes?
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I thought exactly the same thing when I bought the unit to host my external USB drives (previously attached to my PC). When the device is working, it works well for simple file access. Unfortunately both performance and reliability are issues - in my experience the cirago frequently chokes on large or many file transfers and can't serve video files or act as an iTunes server with any consistency. If you're looking for something like this unit you might want to also look at Synology's USBstation as another option (I haven't used it but it seems like it might be more reliable). There's a good idea in this little box but IMO it needs more work before it's ready for prime time I thought exactly the same thing when I bought the unit to host my external USB drives (previously attached to my PC). When the device is working, it works well for simple file access. Unfortunately both performance and reliability are issues - in my experience the cirago frequently chokes on large or many file transfers and can't serve video files or act as an iTunes server with any consistency. If you're looking for something like this unit you might want to also look at Synology's USBstation as another option (I haven't used it but it seems like it might be more reliable). There's a good... » Read More I thought exactly the same thing when I bought the unit to host my external USB drives (previously attached to my PC). When the device is working, it works well for simple file access. Unfortunately both performance and reliability are issues - in my experience the cirago frequently chokes on large or many file transfers and can't serve video files or act as an iTunes server with any consistency. If you're looking for something like this unit you might want to also look at Synology's USBstation as another option (I haven't used it but it seems like it might be more reliable). There's a good idea in this little box but IMO it needs more work before it's ready for prime time « Show Less
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Have had some issues with large file transfers originally. It does have issues with permissions especially if it was already on the disk prior to being connected. It will read fine but will have issues writing, Works great with Windows clients, can be hit and miss with linux clients due to the tighter permissions security.
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Depends on your performance requirement. I personally find that it cannot support heavy transfer over long periods.
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I would email Synology sales but the website os probably right. Notice that there is an "RP" model that is deeper.
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The red ones are the cheap ones right? Because the cheaper versions are definitely the ones I got. I thought about getting the base model (without the hard drives), but just figured I could upgrade later, as they begin to fail. One at a time hopefully. I love my Synology Disk Station!
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Yes-set up the NAS as raid drives. Mirroring is automatic. If a drive goes bad, you replace it & it will be rebuilt automatically. Note-drives are not independent. They are part of an array.
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Of course it can, but raid is the reason you buy something like this. By the way, this is a bad machine. Very slow and kind of useless. I returned and bought synology 1513
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Yes you can. It is supposedly specifically designed for the rigors of NAS storage though, in that it is designed to be run continuously. It is probably not necessary to pay the premium for this drive to use in HTPC setup. If the price is not really a concern, I would go with a faster drive, such as the WD Black range or the WD Velociraptor.
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Synology would be a better choice. Qnap would be an average gaming server, but s synology would be an excellent gaming server
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Yes - Synology uses a technology called SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID) that is essentially the same as Netgear's X-RAID or Drobo's BeyondRAID. Basically it is a proprietary software-based RAID that allows you to mix and match drive sizes and maximize the available space between those drives. You can always upgrade the drives to larger drives but you can't downgrade to smaller drives. SHR is very flexible because it does not require identical drives, system reboots or complete RAID rebuilds - it expands on the fly, and with hotswap drive bays that means no system downtime. While it is a proprietary system, SHR+1 (1 disk redundancy) is effectively RAID5 and SHR+2 (2 disk redundancy) is effectively RAID6. The only downside to SHR is that you can only ever use those disks in other SHR systems in the future. So if your Synology NAS malfunctions, the disks are useless until you get another Synology NAS. Drives with traditional RAID arrays like 0 or 1 can be transferred to any other RAID enclosure regardless of manufacturer.
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Would depend on the disks you purchased for it and your network setup. This is an entry-level unit. Performance for me is adequate to back up multiple computers. Make sure you have jumbo frames enabled on all of your network devices. If you want a NAS that can really move data quickly across a network, look for models with dual ethernet ports and use trunking.
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Ok Good Question. I personally feel that if you have the technical ability, that you should build your own. These units use a disk on module to hold the operating system. That item and a good NAS case are hard to come by. The rest of the components can be easily found and researched on the internet. New Egg dot com. Also the original project that Freenas is based from is nas4free which I think is better in a lot of ways. That is available on sourceforge's website. Now if you don't have the time or desire to build a NAS I would suggest Synology's line of products. Rock Solid performance and a ton of features. Ok Good Question. I personally feel that if you have the technical ability, that you should build your own. These units use a disk on module to hold the operating system. That item and a good NAS case are hard to come by. The rest of the components can be easily found and researched on the internet. New Egg dot com. Also the original project that Freenas is based from is nas4free which I think is better in a lot of ways. That is available on sourceforge's website. Now if you don't have the time or desire to build a NAS I would suggest Synology's line of products. Rock Solid performance and... » Read More Ok Good Question. I personally feel that if you have the technical ability, that you should build your own. These units use a disk on module to hold the operating system. That item and a good NAS case are hard to come by. The rest of the components can be easily found and researched on the internet. New Egg dot com. Also the original project that Freenas is based from is nas4free which I think is better in a lot of ways. That is available on sourceforge's website. Now if you don't have the time or desire to build a NAS I would suggest Synology's line of products. Rock Solid performance and a ton of features. « Show Less
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Short answer: yes. Depending on how your volumes are setup you can use it as a standard backup or time backup. My synology server runs two primary raid volumes with a 3rd for just system and core data backups + plus a global hot spare in bay 5.
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I suppose it would function, though be crippled in terms of performance. As to how much, that's one for Highpoint. I appreciate that it's a relatively inexpensive investment as RAID cards go in order to add on 8 drives to your system. From that standpoint there's still some benefit, but it seems a shame to limit its performance even so. Yeah, for the final word you should try to contact Highpoint (there might be a FAQ). If they say it would work and can provide performance specs then you can decide whether you can live with the performance hit.
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One answer said you should get one with good consumer reviews. Forget it. Get one with a good sturdy case and a built-in fan. Multiple RAID drives as well. Too expensive? Right. Forget NAS and get a better solution.
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I would highly suggest the use of NAS type drives over standard desktop and performance drives. This drive is designed to run 24/7. You sacrifice some performance with NAS and enterprise drives but you gain reliability. My Plex server was attached to desktop external drives and they both failed a little over a year later from the amount of use they get.
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It's best to get this NAS it's own set of drives. The point of this NAS is to RAID the drives to protect against failures, swapping drives won't work as you'll just be constantly rebuilding the array. I suppose you could just have 1 drive and move it back and forth between two of these NAS units, but what would be the point there?
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Yes, It is very conservative when it comes for the disks. My diskstation rejected 2 hard drives of mine that I never suspected. One of those disks died one month later. Anyway the raid config is still the best choice to avoid surprises.
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Yes. You have to setup web-DAV and some other things, and then it work like a dream. There are plenty of how to's on the internet and synology.com.