I've been running an unRAID (currently version 6.5.3) for well over a decade. It's mostly great, except when it stops working and then it's a pain to figure out. Rarely happens.
It's about 9TB (spread out over 4 HDDs) + a 3TB parity drive.
I forget the type of RAID it runs, but basically if I lose one drive, I can restore it.
Most content is mkv files (1080p up to 2160p+ now), so it's growing.
I don't really need to run the parity, as most of the personal files I have on it I now store in Dropbox. As for family pictures/video it takes up < 300GB - so that would be the only thign I really need parity for in case I lose them (haven't quite gotten around to putting up in Google Photos or similar cloud).
Anyways, I was just wondering if I would gain anything (performance, reliability) by investing in a Synology NAS and moving everything over to it?
Painpoints of current unRAID system:
-slow initial opening of folders as drives spin up
-timeouts occasionally when transferring files from one area of the NAS to another
-some files/folders on the NAS cannot be deleted through my macbook pro when navigating it's folders, requiring me to use a terminal session and unix command lines to get to the files and delete them (pain in the butt)
-power usage - basically running a PC with all those drives in it that's on 24x7 with drives spun down, I wonder about how much power it uses over time vs. a Synology NAS, etc.
It's about 9TB (spread out over 4 HDDs) + a 3TB parity drive.
I forget the type of RAID it runs, but basically if I lose one drive, I can restore it.
Most content is mkv files (1080p up to 2160p+ now), so it's growing.
I don't really need to run the parity, as most of the personal files I have on it I now store in Dropbox. As for family pictures/video it takes up < 300GB - so that would be the only thign I really need parity for in case I lose them (haven't quite gotten around to putting up in Google Photos or similar cloud).
Anyways, I was just wondering if I would gain anything (performance, reliability) by investing in a Synology NAS and moving everything over to it?
Painpoints of current unRAID system:
-slow initial opening of folders as drives spin up
-timeouts occasionally when transferring files from one area of the NAS to another
-some files/folders on the NAS cannot be deleted through my macbook pro when navigating it's folders, requiring me to use a terminal session and unix command lines to get to the files and delete them (pain in the butt)
-power usage - basically running a PC with all those drives in it that's on 24x7 with drives spun down, I wonder about how much power it uses over time vs. a Synology NAS, etc.