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@Robbish,
That's a great question!
At the office where the data storage is used most, we've gone through a handful of NAS & DAS units. The first ever one we had was a QNAP TS-112P NAS. After that we realised faster direct storage so started with a Pegasus R4. Then we went onto Areca 8-bay RAID array with a Drobo 5D with the 5D as a backup of Areca, using HGST drives. This last combo we've been using the same setup for more than 10 years, and have upgraded the drives bit by bit over that time from 8TB then 16TB now 40TB & 36TB (fitted with 2TB HGSTs before now 6TB WD Reds). It was used with our very first Gigabyte Z77X hackintosh and we'd been using it ever since (the same units). The Areca is attached via a SAS card on the back while the Drobo uses a Thunderbolt 1 connection via Thunderbolt 3 adapter. I also have a QNAP TS-563 in the office for shared files, backups and finalised client print documents. As it goes it just so happens I have been upgrading the drives on those this week from 10TB to 20TB (5 x 4TB Toshiba MG08ADAs). The drives were getting a little old (5 years) and I felt they needed replacing, plus I do need the space as our print documents are getting rather big these days (between 500GB to 1GB just for 1 job) and for technical reasons need to keep them on the server for a period of time. I tend to use either Toshiba or WD Red drives in mine for reliability reasons. I used to use Hitachi/HGST until they were sold in parts both to Toshiba and WD. And when I bought the Toshiba replacements for the faulty HGSTs to be replaced, I managed to find the ones that used the same casing & internals from the Ultrastar days (which was actually originally from IBM's Deskstar line-up). So when they went into the Areca using HGSTs for the RAID array they were instantly recognised despite being a different brand.
Also as I have some spare 2TB drives from the replacement, I think I might use them to build a TrueNAS device (for testing/backup reasons). I am currently researching the parts for that and think I may be interested in a Jonsbo N1 NAS case. As I have a spare Core i5 10500 chip from my Z490 hack build, I possibly could use that in the NAS.
Talking of Synology, two of my relatives use Synology devices for backup and say they are very good.
That's a great question!
At the office where the data storage is used most, we've gone through a handful of NAS & DAS units. The first ever one we had was a QNAP TS-112P NAS. After that we realised faster direct storage so started with a Pegasus R4. Then we went onto Areca 8-bay RAID array with a Drobo 5D with the 5D as a backup of Areca, using HGST drives. This last combo we've been using the same setup for more than 10 years, and have upgraded the drives bit by bit over that time from 8TB then 16TB now 40TB & 36TB (fitted with 2TB HGSTs before now 6TB WD Reds). It was used with our very first Gigabyte Z77X hackintosh and we'd been using it ever since (the same units). The Areca is attached via a SAS card on the back while the Drobo uses a Thunderbolt 1 connection via Thunderbolt 3 adapter. I also have a QNAP TS-563 in the office for shared files, backups and finalised client print documents. As it goes it just so happens I have been upgrading the drives on those this week from 10TB to 20TB (5 x 4TB Toshiba MG08ADAs). The drives were getting a little old (5 years) and I felt they needed replacing, plus I do need the space as our print documents are getting rather big these days (between 500GB to 1GB just for 1 job) and for technical reasons need to keep them on the server for a period of time. I tend to use either Toshiba or WD Red drives in mine for reliability reasons. I used to use Hitachi/HGST until they were sold in parts both to Toshiba and WD. And when I bought the Toshiba replacements for the faulty HGSTs to be replaced, I managed to find the ones that used the same casing & internals from the Ultrastar days (which was actually originally from IBM's Deskstar line-up). So when they went into the Areca using HGSTs for the RAID array they were instantly recognised despite being a different brand.
Also as I have some spare 2TB drives from the replacement, I think I might use them to build a TrueNAS device (for testing/backup reasons). I am currently researching the parts for that and think I may be interested in a Jonsbo N1 NAS case. As I have a spare Core i5 10500 chip from my Z490 hack build, I possibly could use that in the NAS.
Talking of Synology, two of my relatives use Synology devices for backup and say they are very good.
