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I'm looking to purchase my first #NAS. The internet is recommending a Synology DS225+ but I'm also reading that they force you to buy #Synology drives and I'm not sure the lock-in is a positive sign?
So what other brands should I be looking for? I basically want to run my #Jellyfin server on it so the whole family can stream audio and video to our #Android + #iOS devices and listen to some banging tunes on the #Sonos speaker at home.
Got a recommendation? Shoot! 馃挜馃敨
@matt I bought DS723+ in February for my parents, and quality was so good that I ordered a new one yesterday for my place. I have to say I went with branded HDD, probably a bit overpriced, but I am done building storage systems. for now, at least. i guess.
with some additional memory (these guys have ECC, yay!) I run some VMs there, and give the VMs real public IPv4 addresses from FastIP.no
@matt I love my Synology NAS but it is a decade old and I won鈥檛 replace it due to the new drive policy.
Did see this:
https://blog.ui.com/article/all-new-next-gen-of-unifi-storage
@matt
Sooner or later, these kind of commercial solutions will be knowing enshitification (exclusive use of branded HD is just the beginning).
With #OpenMediaVault or #XigmaNAS you can use whatever hardware you want. Give them a spin in a VM to try!
@matt I use Synology at work and at home and I'm not too happy with them. They offer limited support for anything that isn't considered "compatible" with their hardware - internal and external HDDs. Their software ecosystem has some really great stuff, but any time something doesn't work right, it's near impossible to diagnose in my experience
Unfortunately I don't have any experience with alternatives so I don't have any recommendations to make
@matt I have had 2 different Synology with probably 8 different drives, mostly WD. Didn't even know the company sold drives
@matt
I use an Asustor NAS, which is similar to the Synology in concept, but lets you use whatever drives. There鈥檚 a native Jellyfin server app for it (no need to muck around with docker, though it can do that, too)
@neverbeaten I've discovered Asustor during my research. I'm both surprised and not surprised that this is ASUS but with some stupid branding. 馃槅
The products look interesting though. Thanks for the reply and confirmation of Jellyfin compatibility. I'm going to do a little more researching, but it looks like a strong choice so far.
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