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Originally Posted by Table 5
So because I just needed to move on something, I ended up getting a Synology 1513+
http://www.synology.com/products/pro...513%2B&lang=us
Now I need to install the thing, which I'm a little unsure of.
In terms of creating volumes, is it better to make one big volume (ie, 4 or 5 disks), or create two 2-disk volumes. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure what the 5th drive is for though. Any ideas?
Also, to save some money, can i start off with 2 disks, and then when the time comes, just add 2/3 more. From what I've read, this Hybrid RAID that Synology has allows you to do that.
I haven't bought drives yet for this either. The Enterprise drives are basically twice the price (500 bucks) so Im not sure I want to shell out 2 grand right now just for that. Are the basic drives not good enough, considering that you have redundancy?
Would the Seagates be sufficient?
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX46058 |
Congrats on the Synology purchase. I love mine. Just make one large volume unless you have need for separate ones. Go ahead and add drives as you need them. Keep in mind that at least one will be used for redundancy, and it'll be the largest one, so you might not end up with as much space as you figurered.
Anandtech did a good comparision of NAS drives, and it looks like they're pretty similar. I'd go with the Seagates since they're cheaper.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7258/b...as-hdd-faceoff
Check out SynoCommunity. They're a repository of apps so you can run stuff like bittorrent or sickbeard.
http://www.synocommunity.com/