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what is the current recommendation for a simple home NAS? (lemmynsfw.com)
submitted 1 year ago by linkBunnyAnime@lemmynsfw.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I am looking into getting a NAS setup at home, but have to consider wanting it to just work and work for my family who are not technically advanced. They use computers fine, but being asked to open a terminal would require letter by letter instructions.

So my question, what is the current recommendation for a simple home NAS for files and video (family trips, etc) storage?

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[–] xylene@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude I've gone full circle on this one, and I currently am on the Synology train and life is easy.

It feels like I've had a bit of everything at some point. Clarkconnect, Windows Home Server, straight Ubuntu, Unraid, FreeNAS, some garbage on my router...

... Synology stuff is super well designed, easy to use, and widely supported. I spent some time chasing privacy options, but other than that it has been zero hassle and high reliability.

[–] Crow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What made you move away from FreeNAS?

[–] xylene@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It was a combination of factors, really:

  • Not often, but often enough...I had some significant problems with version upgrades and would end up having to configure the whole system again from scratch;
  • My hardware was getting pretty old. While pricing out an upgrade for it, I was surprised to find a more capable Synology for less (DS1821+);
  • Remote backups. I have had a bazillion different solutions for off-site backups, and none of them have stood the test of time. The last one before Synology was a separate machine running Duplicati, pulling data from TrueNAS, and sending it off to an ODROID-HC2 running Minio. It worked sometimes. Hyper Backup on Synology is an entirely different world of ease and reliability--it has been flawless.
  • I kind of got tired of TrueNAS as a hobby. I ran into and waited for resolution on bugs, had a bunch of customizations done from the command line that I'd forget about before the next time a version upgrade wouldn't work and I'd have to start over, and just in general had to keep up my knowledge managing the thing (cruising the forum and subreddit). Synology isn't as flexible, but I never have to deal with it...and that has been pretty nice.