Comment on Outgrown my Synology NAS, time for a proper dedicated machine

• cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m in the same boat. My 2 bay Synology is enough, but the apps and Docker containers are bringing it to its knees. I’m keeping the Synology and adding on a mini PC to run docker containers.

  Found a mini PC with an i5-12500T for £240.

  I’m a noob at this stuff, but I’m hyped to get more stability in what I host and start using more demanding services.

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• borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have a 6 bay, so yeah that might be a little limiting. I have all my personal stuff backed up to an encrypted cloud mount, the bulk of my storage space is pirated media I could download again, and I have the Synology using SHR so I just plug in a bigger drive, expand the array, then plug in another bigger drive and repeat. Because of duplication sectors you might not benefit as much from that method with just 4 bays. Or if you have enough stuff you can’t feasible push to up to the cloud to give piece of mind during rebuilding I guess.

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• Bronzie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I run a 4 bay and a N100 NUC.

  The Synology is almost a pure storage machine. Works really well with Proxmox on the side. Not a single file has made it kneel yet, and I’ve thrown some high bitrate badboys on it.

  Is not upgrading the drives an alternative?

  I feel like you sacrifice a lot of practicality removing the NAS, such as automatic backup from phones and very easy remote access.
  Personally I also prefer separating data and software, so I don’t lose it all if a component fails.

  Just my .02

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  • LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s my goal: use the NAS as a NAS, use a computer for containers and the like. I’m using Seagate Exos for the NAS exclusively

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    • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Cool, well then I can at least share what I went with that has worked really well: GMKtech N100 NUC from Aliexpress with 16 GB of RAM.

      It’s hosting Jellyfin with transcoding, PiHole, Home Assistant, Heimdal, a Valheim server and loads of other small LXC’s in Proxmox.
      I don’t think I’ve ever seen it break a sweat.
      The NAS holds the .arr stack and Qbit, but that’s it.

      I cannot speak to the longevity of it, but I repasted the CPU once I got it and it’s chilling below 45 degrees all day long, so I expect it to last for many years. I also enabled C-states to get idle consumption as low as possible, around 7-8W.

      Best of luck with whatever setup you end up with mate!

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