I'm in the market for a relatively low cost NAS (<$1K) for home use. I have a list of uses for the new box:
And finally some "nice to have" features:
I'm very new to home NAS devices, so any advice is appreciated.
Update:
In the end, I decided to set up the following:
1) A small/slow Synology 4-disk NAS running 24x7 intended to handle everything above except for iSCSI boot disks and ad-hoc backups of large data sets.
2) A larger and much faster, but louder and higher wattage DIY NAS for iSCSI and large file storage based on an HP DL180 G6 with Infiniband. This one will only run when needed, saving power.
Someday, probably in two weeks since I just bought a Synology, someone will come out with a small, quiet, low power 6-8 disk 10GbE NAS that's under $1K. Until then, I'll use two different solutions.
- Mac Time Machine backup (~2TB)
- Windows laptop backups (~1TB)
- File Server (~4TB)
- iSCSI boot disks for lab machines (~3TB)
- Low power - I'd love to stay under 30 watts, but I'd settle for 50
- I don't want to build my own because I doubt that I could meet my power consumption goal
And finally some "nice to have" features:
- Built-in DNS server
- Expandable to support more disks
- Runs Wordpress or Joomla right on the box
- Storage and viewing of security video streams
I'm very new to home NAS devices, so any advice is appreciated.
Update:
In the end, I decided to set up the following:
1) A small/slow Synology 4-disk NAS running 24x7 intended to handle everything above except for iSCSI boot disks and ad-hoc backups of large data sets.
2) A larger and much faster, but louder and higher wattage DIY NAS for iSCSI and large file storage based on an HP DL180 G6 with Infiniband. This one will only run when needed, saving power.
Someday, probably in two weeks since I just bought a Synology, someone will come out with a small, quiet, low power 6-8 disk 10GbE NAS that's under $1K. Until then, I'll use two different solutions.
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