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Synology DS1522+ vs QNAP TS-435XeU-4G in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you all for the advice! I went ahead and ordered the Synology!

Synology DS1522+ vs QNAP TS-435XeU-4G in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Video/photo editing + large file storage. I'd just be interested to mount it as file system on my UNIX systems and use it just like a big drive.

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Synology DS1522+ vs QNAP TS-435XeU-4G (alien.top)
 

Hey everyone. I'm in a bit of a dilema here about the NAS mentioned in the title.

I've narrowed down my list to just two:

  • Synology DS1522+ and
  • QNAP TS-435XeU-4G

Why I like the desktop Synology?

  • 5 bays
  • 8 GB RAM
  • ECC RAM
  • (from what I heard) less noise, given it has bigger fans

Why I like the rackmount QNAP?

  • ARM CPU (slightly less power consumption)
  • 4 core CPU (vs. 2 on the Synology)
  • network!!! 2x 2.5 GbE, 2x 10 Gb SFP+
  • I could mount it nicely in the rack cabinet I'm building

Both units have similar price, similar power consumption, similar level of noise (please correct me if I'm wrong - this will be sitting in my living room for the foreseeable future).

Anything I am missing? What else should I consider to make an educated decision?

NOTE: I never owned a NAS, I don't know the software specs on the two. I am a software engineer, so I like something allowing as much control as possible, running in a private subnet on my network.

NAS vs. refurbished server in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I suppose that’s what I needed to hear. Thank you very much! Do you happen to know some NAS that does well at transcoding and is within this €1500 range?

NAS vs. refurbished server in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh I’d say not a lot of data at the moment. I have two 14 TB disks which I use as replicas. So I have 14 TB of total capacity roughly. I think a 4-bay NAS is good enough for start

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NAS vs. refurbished server (alien.top)
 

Hi people, I have been looking for a NAS for quite a while now for my home network and I'm now facing a dilema.

I have a few checkboxes to tick to say "that's the right one":

  • [ ] can be mounted on rack
  • [ ] can be used as Plex server
  • [ ] supports 10gbit connection

I am also concerned about noise level as I'll be running this in my living room (no better spot yet) and energy consumption.

Option A: Buying an Actual NAS

I looked a bit into NAS with ARM CPUs as they are more energy-efficient, but they don't seem to bee suitable for video transcoding. Then I seem to be left with only some Synology options:

Option B: Buying a Rackmount Server

I then found a bunch of very interesting refurbished servers. Not going to show everything I found as it would be pointless, but here's an example:

DELL R630 8SFF

  • CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 (12C 30M Cache 2.20 GHz)
  • RAM: 32Gb 2x16GB DDR4 RDIMM 2133MHz
  • RAID Controller: Dell RAID H730
  • Power Supply: 1xPS 750w
  • Price: 865 EUR

I could even go with lower specs for the purpose of a NAS.

Question

Can you folks please help me look for the right things? Do you have any suggestions? Any other places I could be looking at?