/g/ Why are you not using a Synology box? What do you use for

My NAS is a RAID6 array on my HP DL580 G5.

But I am. 3 of them.

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>>43077708
already running some sweet heater

My NAS is an old Athlon X2 4850e running Debian

>>43077708
I have a full tower, so I can install up to 6 hard drives without it being a problem. I have over 4TB of storage between the 4 drives I have now, and if you use more than 4TB you're either autistic or wasteful.

I thought about buying a NAS, but ended up just plugging a 2tb hdd into my android TV box.

I'm running samba, ftp and git on it and I'm currently trying to set up owncloud, although that requires some tinkering.


I guess transfer rates could be a lot better I did not have to use shitty usb2.0, but what can I do. It's just for personal use and a dedicated NAS is too damn expensive

Because FreeNAS is better.

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I use a drbd backed pacemaker cluster. Every node also has all storage devices in raid 1. Some may say that using quad redundancy for my Chinese cartoons is overkill, but then again, muh Chinese cartoons are probably the only reason why I haven't killed myself yet.

i use a netgear readynas 102 and its pretty shit, it breaks when you try to reboot it or update it

>>43077847
>'chauffage d'appoint.jpg'
:]

I am poor, even by Thai standards. My only computer is a netbook.

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I have a Fractal Design Node 304 in my guest room with 5 2tb drives in RAID 5 running Windows 8. I want to change to 4 4tb drives in RAID 10 soon, but I have no money.

I don't really believe anyone of you when you say you REALLY need NAS solutions in your home.
Storing terabytes of pirated games, anime shit and stupid fucking software nobody cares about is NOT a reason to get NAS.
Get a life, nerds.

>>43078131
Having data you want to store isn't a reason to get storage!

Don't these boxes use inferior file systems?

>>43078131
Silence, is a good reason.
My desktop only has an SSD.
The NAS with the horribly loud hard drives is far away in the basement.

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>>43078131
>i can't afford the grapes

QNAP TS-221 w/ 2x 2TB drives

> file server
> backup drive
> media server
> web server

it's pretty handy.

>>43078055
Azusa best keion.

>>43078141
what do you mean by "data"?
4k anime furry porn or pirates games?

You make me sick. This is exactly why nobody likes you.

>>43078131
I have mine to store movies and tv and system backups. With 5 people in the house, we have utorrent getting rss feeds from btn downloading everyone's shows automatically, which saves a shitload over paying out the ass for TV

>>43077708
Because they cost too much for what you get. Better to repurpose an old machine or build something cheaper, install your own Linux distro of choice, and you have a NAS + whatever else you want to use it for.

A buddy has one and he only gets like 20mb/sec over gigabit. I'm probably going to buy a 5 Bay drobo n soon.

>>43078163
It's not a grape to me.
Maybe that's because I'm sane.
>>43078153
>horribly loud
>horribly
Man, you should visit a doctor.

>>43078197
>Man, you should visit a doctor.
No, I'm just sensitive to noise.
Most of the time I don't listen to music either.
My room must be quiet.

>>43078172
This is a valid reason to me.

>>43078131
For raid backups that's all.

Why would you access your NAS from outside ? Synology software is full of exploits and vulnerabilites. that's fucking insane.

>not having a 12 bay 1u rackmount server running FreeNAS

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859457001

>>43078209
>I'm just sensitive to noise.
That's exactly why you should visit a psychiatrist to get a proper therapy.
Consumer 3,5inch HDDs are not loud at all.

I'm using a home server with 8 disks and a 17W CPU, one of those new celerons.

>>43078226
>FreeNAS
>not Nas4free

I have an old laptop in a closet running FreeNAS, it has 4 1tb external hdds attached to it, works like a champ and even has built in UPS and wifi as a bonus.

Been wanting a qt small NAS but I'll be too butthurt about the price/capacity.

>backdoored garbage

>>43078241
>a CPU with TDP od 17W
fixed for you.
learn what TDP is.

>>43078238
Not him but the HDD head noise can be very loud if the Synology NAS is on a desk.

>>43078226
This Avaton 8 core was an excellent surprise for me. I expected something less powerful.

>>43078238
>Consumer 3,5inch HDDs are not loud at all.
The high-pitched hum is annoying.
It's even worse when the vibrations of multiple drives are transmitted to the ATX case and you get interference. Hummm Hummmm Hummm.
How does that not drive you crazy?

The simple solution is to build a NAS and store it in the basement. Next step: remove all fans.
100% piece of mind.

>>43078276
peace

.. right now I don't have it since the CPU fan is too loud
... also my laptop's PSU emits a high-pitched hum

>>43078276
>How does that not drive you crazy?
because I use a $1 piece of rubber.
There is no noise AT ALL.

>>43078226

My rack is 2-post only, has to be short-depth. At work we have a 1u half-depth server that holds about a dozen 2.5" 10k RPM drives and a separate box that connects to it with mini-sas and performs RAID/NAS functions, which then get handed off to VMWare with iSCSI. I could do something similar at home, but finding a half-depth server powerful enough to handle software RAID is difficult.

>>43077987
What apps do you use for that?

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>>43078303
>because I use a $1 piece of rubber.
>There is no noise AT ALL.
That doesn't make the high-pitched noise go away. It just dampens vibrations.
There are high-end silencers but you can easily build a NAS for that price.

>>43078276
>>43078288
This is not normal. But on /g/ it is.

>>43078272
I'm using one as a pfsense router and PBX. It's pretty good.

>>43078333
>how to cook a hard drive.jpg

>>43078303

I made a wind-tunnel out of ductape that funnels the fans toward the wall, with some fabric sheets ductaped over both ends. Makes it about 80% quieter and only like 10-15% warmer.

>>43078343
You can go harder, with some video transcoding activies, webprocess servicing, it eats easily the tasks without a glitch.

>>43078358
Set the dial to 65C and check on it in 90 days, it should be done.

>>43078324
Servers Ultimate Pro. It has everything you can think of, even a builtin DynDNS updater

>>43078276
>How does that not drive you crazy?
Because my case isn't a $15 chunk of plastic.

>>43078238
>why you should visit a psychiatrist
and why should I do that? It's not a hallucination.
I recorded it and made a frequency analysis too.

>>43078263
Why did you feel the need to point this out? TDP is generally the only thing being referred to when someone talks about CPU and watts.

>>43078410
I tried a 12kg steel case with full noise dampening.
It's not 100% quiet. I can hear it.
Therefore HDDs are only allowed in the basement.

> >9000 dollar silencers, c00000lers and cases...
I run an ancient chieftec bigtower case, core 2 duo E6600, some big fucking polish ass 2x5 heatpipe c00ler, 2xWD something-not-green-or-blue 500GB, and chieftec PSU.
The thing is on the opposite corner of the room and is quiet enough for me to sleep.

gameservers, web, samba, ftp, on debian testing...

>using something that needs licenses for fucking IP cameras? Synology is ducking kidding
into the trash it goes!

>>43078177
>>43078241
>>43077820
>>43077847
>>43078117
let's do some math

> assuming the system is under load ~ 15% of the time for typical home use
> that's 3.6 hours under load, 20.4 hours idle
> assuming energy rates are $0.13/kWh

QNAP TS221 w/ 2 drives
> 8W idle
> 15W load
> 79.29kWh/yr
> $10.31/yr

old computer
> 60W idle
> 300W load
> 840.96kWh/yr
> $109.33/yr

server
> 250W idle
> 700W load
> 2781.3kWh/yr
> $361.57/yr

>>43078442
Anon I think you just have tinnitus.

>>43078465
No I recorded the noise with a sensitive microphone and did a frequency analysis.
The laptop PSU hums at about 10 kHz.

I don't know what to do for my storage.

I have like 300 gigs of pictures (ones I shoot myself not stupid ass 4chan pictures) on my OS drive which is full.

I have a 2TB data drive which is pretty much full

I have a 1TB workflow drive which is full.

then I have a 3TB external movie/tv drive which is half full, and another 3tb external backup drive which is full.

I want a raid 5 setup, and my home server motherboard is too old and only has 2 sata slots so that is out of the question.

>>43078465
anon I think you are deaf or have a noisy house.

hard drives are loud as shit.

>>43078263
hurr my 600w power supply is really 300 durr

fuck off moron

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>>43077708
I just took an old computer I had, bought a $25 PCI SATA card and $35 case (cheapest case on newegg that could hold 8 drives) and it's simple and works. Pic related.

>>43078482
>have a noisy house.
It's this. I have a fan going almost 24/7, my hearing is fine.

>>43078453
>quiet enough
0 decibel is quiet enough You're just used to the noise.
You can hear your own heartbeat in a truly quiet room.

>>43078482
>hard drives are loud as shit.

The white noise actually helps me sleep. I have trouble going to sleep if my server isn't powered up, the hum of the drives and fan are amazing.

Why don't you idiots put the thing in a different fucking room?

Oh, right... your parents.

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The perfect room

>>43078541
10/10
The autistic room.

>>43078541
being in an anechoic chamber is really distressing.

after a few minutes you feel dizzy and nauseated.

>>43078535
they're not even noisy anyway if you build them right

i have mine on all the time in my office and never notice. noctua fans and rubber dampeners for everything is the way to go

all i need now is a passive psu

>>43078491
TDP has nothing to do with power consumption.
When you talk about Watts you usually mean power consumption.
Fucking ignorant piece of shit.

>>43078608

>TDP has nothing to do with power consumption.

False.

>>43078684
TDP is about HEAT, not power.
Make a valid point or fuck off.

>>43078684

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_Design_Power
> The thermal design power (TDP), sometimes called thermal design point, refers to the maximum amount of heat generated by the CPU, which the cooling system in a computer is required to dissipate in typical operation. Rather than specifying CPU's real power dissipation, TDP serves as the nominal value for designing CPU cooling systems.

>>43078727
>HEAT, not power
>heat isn't power
>heat isn't the final form of all power in the universe

>>43078460
hdparm to spin down

>>43078754
power consumption.
Jesus fucking christ, just leave this board already.

>>43078764
> spinning the disks down ever
nigga what

>>43078791
>not spinning down when not in use

enjoy your severely shortened disk lifespan

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>>43077708
But i have.

>>43078460
>700W load
You max out the server all the time? I never do.

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>>43077708
because i have these two to look after

custom server
dell power edge 2900

both running free nass, yes i know its a waste of the 2900s 8 core 24 gig power but fuck it i don't pay the power bill

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>>43078791
It's time to RTFM a bit son

Cubieboard 2 with 500GB HDD running Arch Linux ARM.
- SIP
- SMTP
- IMAP
- SSH
- NFS
- Anki sync server

>>43078460
wow...where are you getting those numbers?

My home server ran at 20-25 watts idle, maybe got up to 30-40 watts under load when I was using it as a minecraft server. After I threw 4 hard drives in it for a RAID 5 setup, it runs at about 50 watts without any significant increases under load (using NAS hard drives). And my server cost me about as much as a 2-bay Synology or QNAP NAS, all new parts except the case which I had laying around. Dual core i3 with hyper threading, 8 GB of RAM, solid ASUS motherboard and Corsair PSU.

>>43077708
>>What do you use for network storage and what do you do with it?

I already have a file server. I hear good things about Synology though.

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I don't have anything to monitor power usage, but every drive aside from boot will spin down if not in use.

>>43079785
what's inside

>>43079888
Athlon X2
16GB DDR3

They're parts I got for free.
I run about 15 virtual machines on it.

>>43079946
nice

>>43078243
Why is one better than the other?

I want to build a NAS but don't know if I should use a cheap Norco chassis or something better like Chenbro or Supermicro.

>>43080180
Depends on budget and intended use.

>>43078478
You may not be autistic or have any hearing problem, but you're certainly weird, man. But if you're happy then who gives a fuck, I guess

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>>43077708
>What do you use for network storage and
>What do you use for nsa

Why the hell are there so many different types of RAID now? Back in my day there was RAID 0, 1, 2, and 3 but now it's all the way up to 10?

What the hell happened? (besides progress)

>>43077708
Network storage? Why?
I just keep a shit ton of external HDDs laying around.

>>43082100
>I just keep a shit ton of external HDDs laying around

And what do you think is better for instant access? Digging through your shit ton of external HDDs, or opening your file browser to check your network storage?

I'd also imagine it's a great way to manage media files at home and save money on storage between computers. Instead of having to get an extra mechanical hard drive for your new desktop with an SSD, you can just connect it to the network storage where you keep all of your media.

Was about to turn one of my Raspberry Pies into a NAS but decided against it because of the whole same controller for USB/Ethernet thing. In fact, I even did some bandwidth tests and indeed it wouldn't have been able to stream high bitrate HD encodes.

So I just got a WD My Cloud, it's bretty good.

>>43078727
How stupid are you? Heat is just another form of energy. Increased heat means higher power consumption required for the same output.

>>43078853

... is that a magnetic parts bowl on top of the server?

Why don't you fuckin explain a little about what the fuck your talking about? It's so annoying. I have to come in through the catalog and then click your fucking posting. Just explain below your stupid fuckin picture so I can effortlessly browse the catalog informed. FUCK OFF.

>>43077708
No RaidZ support. No ECC. Shit tier processor = no transcoding. Pay premium for 2 slots let alone 4.

Yeah, nah, gee fullah brae.

>>43084392
>loving tech
>believing large magnets affect computers at all

Yeah, fuck off.

>>43084028
dont be a tool. a cpu with a better cooler technically runs at lower temperature, and yet it draws the same amount of power.

you are trying to argue something so stupid even a child would see right through it