Hello,
I know no one really mentions the ReadyNAS lineup here, but not sure why. I am coming from an old ReadyNAS NV+ Sparc system that I bought in 2009 to replace a broken 1st gen NV. It is running 4 1TB drives in XRaid and has been reliable for the past 7 years. However, it is starting to show its age. I can only get it to copy at roughly 5-8 Mbps sustained, every once in a while it bursts higher but only to 20 Mbps or so. Not even fast enough to stream a 720p movie to my old Boxee or NVIDIA Shield TV on Samba or NFS mount points...
So I am looking for a replacement. I like the ReadyNAS line, and at first I was looking for a system that could now do Plex streaming, no real trans-coding needed, but I have my Shield TV that can support that now if needed. I would also like to use on-line backup. The newer Amazon Cloud Drive seems like a good fit, low cost with a large amount of storage. But it seems the ReadyNAS only does 2 way sync and not 1 way backups. Also, although not critical, something that may do de-duplication. I think the BtrFS systems may do this in some form. Finally I do have a VMWare home system I use and while not important either, iSCSI would be nice for off-loading some of the drives to the NAS.
In the ReadyNAS line, I started looking at the 314 series, but it is about 3 years old now, then the newer 214 series this year but it is ARM Quad Core A15 @ 1.4 GHz vs Intel Atom Dual Core 2.1 GHz, both with 2GB RAM.
In the Synology line, I was looking at the DS415+ which is similar to ReadyNAS 314 with Intel Atom Quad Core 2.4 GHz and 2GB RAM. Or the newer DS916+ which is an Intel Pentium N3710 Quad Core 1.6 GHz bursting up to 2.6 GHz and 2GB RAM upgradeable to 8GB.
Has anyone used these systems or have a recommendation of one that can accomplish what I am looking for?
Thanks.
I know no one really mentions the ReadyNAS lineup here, but not sure why. I am coming from an old ReadyNAS NV+ Sparc system that I bought in 2009 to replace a broken 1st gen NV. It is running 4 1TB drives in XRaid and has been reliable for the past 7 years. However, it is starting to show its age. I can only get it to copy at roughly 5-8 Mbps sustained, every once in a while it bursts higher but only to 20 Mbps or so. Not even fast enough to stream a 720p movie to my old Boxee or NVIDIA Shield TV on Samba or NFS mount points...
So I am looking for a replacement. I like the ReadyNAS line, and at first I was looking for a system that could now do Plex streaming, no real trans-coding needed, but I have my Shield TV that can support that now if needed. I would also like to use on-line backup. The newer Amazon Cloud Drive seems like a good fit, low cost with a large amount of storage. But it seems the ReadyNAS only does 2 way sync and not 1 way backups. Also, although not critical, something that may do de-duplication. I think the BtrFS systems may do this in some form. Finally I do have a VMWare home system I use and while not important either, iSCSI would be nice for off-loading some of the drives to the NAS.
In the ReadyNAS line, I started looking at the 314 series, but it is about 3 years old now, then the newer 214 series this year but it is ARM Quad Core A15 @ 1.4 GHz vs Intel Atom Dual Core 2.1 GHz, both with 2GB RAM.
In the Synology line, I was looking at the DS415+ which is similar to ReadyNAS 314 with Intel Atom Quad Core 2.4 GHz and 2GB RAM. Or the newer DS916+ which is an Intel Pentium N3710 Quad Core 1.6 GHz bursting up to 2.6 GHz and 2GB RAM upgradeable to 8GB.
Has anyone used these systems or have a recommendation of one that can accomplish what I am looking for?
Thanks.