davidetherton
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After doing some research, I picked up an NV+. I was very happy with it, except for the noise it produced even with the drives spun down (I don't have a good closet, spare room, or attic to shove my NAS into, so it lives in the office with me).
I don't care too much about read/write performance. I need redundant storage, and Apple Time Machine support. The NAS will be both a backup machine and offer general network storage. If I could host an SVN server on it like I could the NV+, that would be great.
I'm also not crazy about having a device on 24/7 when honestly it's not going to get used all that often, so what would be ideal:
- *Really* quiet when the drives are spun down. The NV+ was rated at 31.5 dB.
- Barring that, I would like the NAS to go into a sleep mode after a period of nonuse, but it would be nice if it would wake up automatically if you tried to use it, without a separate wake-on-LAN step. The NV+ did not have automatic sleep or wake-on-LAN.
The ReadyNAS Ultra 6 was rated at 25dB for noise, and seemed like it would do what I needed, but it was three times as expensive, $900.
From poking around, the Synology DS210j seems to offer a lot of what I'm looking for, and is rated "very low" for noise, and their site says it was something like 20.5dB, even better than the Ultra 6. Unfortunately I can't find old reviews here of the NV+ to compare its noise rating. I've also heard conjecture that the quiet NAS units will likely run hot and fail sooner, is that just FUD?
Originally I was convinced I needed four-bay storage, but now I'm not so sure. Any other products I should be looking at besides the DS210j? Remember, I'm not too worried about performance, but I do want something reliable, and I want something quiet. The DS410j does seem only marginally noisier, 21.7dB, and would give me more expandable storage, although I'm not sure what else.
Thanks,
-Dave
I don't care too much about read/write performance. I need redundant storage, and Apple Time Machine support. The NAS will be both a backup machine and offer general network storage. If I could host an SVN server on it like I could the NV+, that would be great.
I'm also not crazy about having a device on 24/7 when honestly it's not going to get used all that often, so what would be ideal:
- *Really* quiet when the drives are spun down. The NV+ was rated at 31.5 dB.
- Barring that, I would like the NAS to go into a sleep mode after a period of nonuse, but it would be nice if it would wake up automatically if you tried to use it, without a separate wake-on-LAN step. The NV+ did not have automatic sleep or wake-on-LAN.
The ReadyNAS Ultra 6 was rated at 25dB for noise, and seemed like it would do what I needed, but it was three times as expensive, $900.
From poking around, the Synology DS210j seems to offer a lot of what I'm looking for, and is rated "very low" for noise, and their site says it was something like 20.5dB, even better than the Ultra 6. Unfortunately I can't find old reviews here of the NV+ to compare its noise rating. I've also heard conjecture that the quiet NAS units will likely run hot and fail sooner, is that just FUD?
Originally I was convinced I needed four-bay storage, but now I'm not so sure. Any other products I should be looking at besides the DS210j? Remember, I'm not too worried about performance, but I do want something reliable, and I want something quiet. The DS410j does seem only marginally noisier, 21.7dB, and would give me more expandable storage, although I'm not sure what else.
Thanks,
-Dave
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