I've been looking at buying a NAS for a few weeks and I think I'm going to go with Synology (but I'm open to QNAP)
Originally I thought of the TVS-882, but I've got concerns about drive and fan noise (80mm fans) from that unit.
What I like about it is the slots dedicated for an SSD Cache (though not sure it's needed either).
I then went back to Synology. Right now I'm looking at the DS1817+ or the ds3018xs.
The latter has a faster CPU, but it has less drive slots.
The pros on the 1817+ are that the extra slots could be used for some SSD cache drives (I've got extra SSDs that could be used), it uses less power and I'm assuming it's quieter, though it seems like no sites actually report on these things
The 3018xs has the better CPU, but if I believe Synology it uses almost 2x the power (not sure about noise).
The Qnap obviously has a much better CPU and slots for caching, LED status indicator, but in the only video I've seen of it in action it's audible from several feat away.
So my questions for this moderate use home environment (where I'd most likely run at most 1 VM), with 6 8TB WD Reds (technically 2-3 of them are white label),
Thanks all. Never thought buying something prebuilt would be harder than deciding on hardware for a build.
Originally I thought of the TVS-882, but I've got concerns about drive and fan noise (80mm fans) from that unit.
What I like about it is the slots dedicated for an SSD Cache (though not sure it's needed either).
I then went back to Synology. Right now I'm looking at the DS1817+ or the ds3018xs.
The latter has a faster CPU, but it has less drive slots.
The pros on the 1817+ are that the extra slots could be used for some SSD cache drives (I've got extra SSDs that could be used), it uses less power and I'm assuming it's quieter, though it seems like no sites actually report on these things
The 3018xs has the better CPU, but if I believe Synology it uses almost 2x the power (not sure about noise).
The Qnap obviously has a much better CPU and slots for caching, LED status indicator, but in the only video I've seen of it in action it's audible from several feat away.
So my questions for this moderate use home environment (where I'd most likely run at most 1 VM), with 6 8TB WD Reds (technically 2-3 of them are white label),
- does a SSD Cache help?
- Is the faster CPU more important
- Anyone have real world Power stats on any of these units
- Noise levels?
Thanks all. Never thought buying something prebuilt would be harder than deciding on hardware for a build.