Dilemma with current Netgear NAS, to change or not....

isotonic_uk

So what a journey I have had with my Netgear ReadyNAS duo v2 over the last year.

I am now in a position to kick my ReadyNAS duo back after some disk corruption, NAS hanging issues. I am dubious however whether this is a good decision in the long run.

So to summarise my NAS had been locking up, in the end, it was concluded that the disks that were in use were probably past their sell-by date and possibly contributing to the issues I had been seeing, the logs also seemed to prove this.

So I have just recently purchased 2 x replacement Seagate iron wolf disks, currently, I have not used them in this NAS for 3 reasons 1) trying to get the data back from the X-RAID original disks was a mission but luckily managed to recover all the important data I needed and now have this on an external hard drive (see my previous posts as I detailed what I used, certainly a thumbs up from me!) and 2) my dilemma is do I purchase a new NAS replacement considering the current unit is over 8 years old and isn't being updated anymore? 3) My current requirement for a NAS has now changed, one of the main reasons is I want the ability to sync the data I currently have in the cloud (for argument sake we say this is in Microsoft OneDrive) but I want the ability to sync this to a local NAS drive and don't think there is a suitable solution for me to do this was the DuoV2 via the embedded tools or even using a 3rd party tool (where choice is rather limited).

So if anyone has or has considered my situation based on their own requirements, what would you do? What would be the latest recommended NAS to choose from the current range based on this core requirement? My budget is undefined at the moment but I am thinking either a 2 bay NAS as a minimum but would probably prefer to have a bigger set (minimum 4) so I can also maximise the capacity of my disks, I probably start with the 2 2TB iron wolfs I have but then increase as I can afford to. Would I be able to start off with RAID1 and move to say to another RAID at a later date?

I am currently looking at options, I probably consider another vendor if I did move (QNAP and Synology are the ones I like). I like QNAP as it seems that you got more for your buck and I prefer the interface however I do like the Synology and the ability to use hybrid RAID to grow disks with any size.

Any tips, advice from fellow NAS users would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mickey666

When I started having problems with my Dlink sharecentre NAS I just bought a new Synology NAS and now run both of them.  Mind you, I don’t use all the fancy media server features that most NAS boxes offer these days.  I mainly use the Synology NAS as a simple file server for backup purposes (2x 4TB mirrored Ironwolf drives) and the D-Link NAS for my IP cameras (2x 2TB WD RED mirrored drives).
My data security philosophy is based on having multiple copies of all my ‘stuff’, so even though the two NAS drives are mirrored, I do not rely on them alone (after all, even a ‘mirrored’ corrupted file is still useless ) and still maintain multiple other copies, including an ‘off site’ copy.  These are held on additional internal PC hard drives and USB hard drives, the more the merrier really because the one thing you can absolutely rely on is that whatever media you choose to use, one day it WILL fail.  Use that inevitability as a working principle and plan accordingly.

Neil_Jones

I just slapped a makeshift NAS together using a Raspberry Pi 4, an external (mobile) USB hard drive and stuck OpenMediaVault on it.  I only wanted something it for file access and to store the media library of files, I have another Pi that runs as as a Kodi box.

One of the problems with off-the-shelf NAS units is that they go end of life and don't get any love or attention 18 months down the line from the manufacturer and the eventual solution to any problem with older units is throw it away and buy our latest and greatest model.

OMV will do RAID, there may be a plug-in for cloud access/sync but I have no need for it so I haven't looked at that.

The only thing you have to be careful of with RAID is if you decide to change the RAID type later on, it will almost certainly involve wiping the disks again to rebuild the array but the implementation varies between manufacturers.  The Synology website seems to imply you can go from a Basic RAID to RAID 1, and from RAID 1 to 5 (this may vary depending on the exact hardware you buy) but you can't go any other way without losing data.

forgotmyname

Bought a D-Link NAS. Should have done my homework more and bought something better.

It works but the software and support is lacking in a big way. Or maybe I expected too much?  Thinking

there would be a choice of apps available with plenty of options. Most apps appear to have been done

by one person where you need to register on their website and get kicked if you dont visit often.

They can be a bit abrupt also, probably getting the same question many times over when people do

not read the forum threads where it has been answered.

The issue with my D-Link now is that if one person uses it the next persons PC wont automatically see

the drive, they need to access it through the network or mapped drive letter before an app will see the

drives.

Bought the DND-340L because it was the cheapest 4 drive NAS.  Should have spent more or built my own.

isotonic_uk

I was hoping some black Friday deals would come up but none have really been forthcoming at the moment that sort of makes me want to buy.

I just rebuilt my ReadyNas with one of the new disks and it seems to be functioning well again now and was thinking whether in the interim could I get use a cloud sync option (through my laptop) to keep some shares on my NAS in sync with my 1TB onedrive account. Its the photos and documents I mainly focused on here....

Has anyone made use of the various sync software options available with ReadyNas Duo V2?

I was looking at either cloud sync, GoodSync or Allway Sync for the ability to do 2 way sync between my one drive and NAS and vice versa.


If anyone has any experience on this I would be grateful for your review?


I would consider any other software-based options as well.

https://support.bdrive.com/
https://allwaysync.com/
https://www.goodsync.com/

Thanks