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Bruce8a8

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Hello everyone,

I have 2 online file servers running in Raid 5 both servers in total store about 13TB of data and expect to reach 20TB in 1-2 years. The data on these servers are very important for my business so I was thinking of buying a NAS to place at home and have all the data backed up onsite just in case.

I was planning on getting a Synology DS1813+ 8-Bay and filling it with Seagate 4TB ST4000VN000 drives and using that as an offsite backup storage from home. This would be the easiest route but I'm not sure if it's the best for my needs.

Since I'll be using it for back up purposes only and not for entertainment (ie. video streaming). Would it be smarter to build a microserver instead? And Is it difficult to do? I've built plenty of PCs before but never a microserver, and I'm not sure what software to use.

Thanks for reading and any suggestions/input is appreciated!

 
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choucove
Basically, the Synology is a microserver itself. It just has a stripped-down operating system designed to fit a specific need which is shared storage. There's a lot of people who choose to do a custom-built NAS device simply for the benefit of having standard desktop hardware to run the system with, but it does take more work to set up compared to a pre-configured NAS like the Synology unit.

I think for what you are meaning to do, performance isn't going to be a huge issue since you will be doing data backups through the internet connection anyways, correct? Or am I misunderstanding and this NAS will be at the same location as the file servers? Going with the pre-built Synology NAS is probably going to be the most cost-effective...
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Basically, the Synology is a microserver itself. It just has a stripped-down operating system designed to fit a specific need which is shared storage. There's a lot of people who choose to do a custom-built NAS device simply for the benefit of having standard desktop hardware to run the system with, but it does take more work to set up compared to a pre-configured NAS like the Synology unit.

I think for what you are meaning to do, performance isn't going to be a huge issue since you will be doing data backups through the internet connection anyways, correct? Or am I misunderstanding and this NAS will be at the same location as the file servers? Going with the pre-built Synology NAS is probably going to be the most cost-effective route unless you already have a simple computer system around that can support eight or more SATA hard drives.
 
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There is an Open Source software if you want to build your own NAS. here : http://www.freenas.org/ .
But I think the Synology DS1813+ 8-Bay would still be preferable in your case with less hassle to maintain.
 
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