6 hours ago
Hello. I enjoy watching Nascompares on Youtube and now I'm looking for a new NAS myself. But the lock-in problems at Synology, the hard drive prices, and the silence surrounding Asustor and Qnap are making me doubt what to do.
I currently have a Windows 10 server with a J3455 CPU, an SSD, a 6TB hard drive for data, and a built-in 4TB drive to which I use a script to write backups. I also synchronize cloud storage on the server. Currently it's OneDrive but I'm planning to switch to pcloud or sync.com. The server's main purpose is hosting Emby Server. We have an Nvidia Shield next to our tv which is the main user. We are a family of two.
I want to better protect our data, so I'm looking for a NAS to run Raid 1 or Raid 5. If possible and financially benificial I'd like to reuse as many hard drives as possible. Besides the 6 and 4 terabyte drives mentioned, I also have a 3TB Seagate NAS and two older 2TB Samsung Spinpoints.
Self-building the NAS isn't my preference. I don't want any hassle, but something that just works. Hosting the Emby server separately on a NUC is an option. In that case, a NAS from Unifi could also be a good choice I think. For various reasons, I don't want a Chinese product. Ugreen, Minisforum, etc., are therefore out of the question.
My initial thoughts were a Synology or Unifi NAS, but I'm a bit stuck at the moment. A second opinion would be welcome.
I currently have a Windows 10 server with a J3455 CPU, an SSD, a 6TB hard drive for data, and a built-in 4TB drive to which I use a script to write backups. I also synchronize cloud storage on the server. Currently it's OneDrive but I'm planning to switch to pcloud or sync.com. The server's main purpose is hosting Emby Server. We have an Nvidia Shield next to our tv which is the main user. We are a family of two.
I want to better protect our data, so I'm looking for a NAS to run Raid 1 or Raid 5. If possible and financially benificial I'd like to reuse as many hard drives as possible. Besides the 6 and 4 terabyte drives mentioned, I also have a 3TB Seagate NAS and two older 2TB Samsung Spinpoints.
Self-building the NAS isn't my preference. I don't want any hassle, but something that just works. Hosting the Emby server separately on a NUC is an option. In that case, a NAS from Unifi could also be a good choice I think. For various reasons, I don't want a Chinese product. Ugreen, Minisforum, etc., are therefore out of the question.
My initial thoughts were a Synology or Unifi NAS, but I'm a bit stuck at the moment. A second opinion would be welcome.