NAS Recommendation?

JockVSJockJockVSJock Member Posts: 1,118
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Was wondering if anyone can recommend any NAS for SOHO that they are using and are happy with? Or can you recommend any functions/features when looking for a SOHO?

The only thing requirement that I have is looking for some sort of RAID 5/6 setup.

These are the two right now that I'm kicking the tires the most on:

Amazon.com: BUFFALO DriveStation Quad 8 TB High Performance RAID Array with Optimized Hard Drives (HD-QH8TU3R5): Computers & Accessories

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G4JZ42A?colid=6EZX78W2XZZ3&coliid=I2MSWRQUAUAGSN&psc=1&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl

thanks
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  • cs8400cs8400 Member Posts: 90 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Looked into FreeNAS or NAS4Free? I've had a pleasant experience with both. If you're considering building your own they are worth checking out. Buying a NAS out right, I've had good luck with Qnap and Synology products.
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  • SteveLordSteveLord Member Posts: 1,717
    We've used UnRAID in the office and its okay.
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  • kohr-ahkohr-ah Member Posts: 1,277
    For hardware devices I use Synology myself and in smaller companies have used them also. No complaints about them at all.
    Little more expensive but great devices.
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I had a Synology, it was pretty good but I ended up just using Windows 8 on a PC in the basement for media/file sharing. Only thing I would advise is investing in good hard drives. I tried to be cheap and I think my drive choices impacted performance of my Synology.
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  • iBrokeITiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I own two QNAP NAS devices, a TS-469-PRO and TS-853-PRO. Both have been rock solid and QNAP is very quick to patch their firmware against vulnerabilities.

    SMB shares, iSCSI/NFS datastores, Plex and a few small services are what I use on mine.
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  • TR4V1STYTR4V1STY Member Posts: 62 ■■■□□□□□□□
    The small MSP that I work for just switched from Iomaga NASs to Synologys.

    They seem easy to use and are cost effective.
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  • JockVSJockJockVSJock Member Posts: 1,118
    I picked up WD My Cloud EX4 with 4 2 TB drives.

    Their documentation doesn't go into great detail. For example, it comes out of the box at RAID 5, however I want to set it to RAID 10. Except it gives the option to set spaning, however it doesn't offer and pros/cons on how much to set.
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    I like LaCie. I have had two buffalos that died within 2 years.
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