FreeNAS Mini or Similar Pre-Built NAS Box

[STUDMEYER]

Hi All,

 

Wondering if someone has been able to locate and purchase something like FreeNAS Mini in Thailand.
https://www.ixsystems.com/freenas-mini/

 

I know that I could potentially just build my own box on the cheap, but I don't have the time nor the inclination to do so.  We wont be heavy users, and I dont know if we need read and write caches and all this fancy stuff.  Just wanted 2-4 TB of backup thats always on and allows plug and play with minimal setup time.  Also if it has a Cloud and FTP feature, that would be swell.

 

All advice welcomed.

 

Rgs

SM

 

 

[STUDMEYER]

Errr... Last night my search ninja wasnt so great, i just found this:

http://www.nas-thailand.com/en/

 

So found at least one supplier.  Can I refine my original questions to:

- Which box is a good one?

- Which boxes have the cloud/sharing, FTP, Apple/Unix/Windows fileshare?

 

Rgs

SM
 

[Forkinhades]

I tried to build my own drive, with an old pc, with freeNAS, was very unstable.
In the end I just bought a NASbox from synology.
http://www.invadeit.co.th/product/network-storage-nas/synology/diskstation-ds115j-1-bay-nas-server-p025378/

Works very well indeed. Also has heaps of software, including dedicated torrent search.
Really recommend it.

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[STUDMEYER]

2 minutes ago, Forkinhades said:

I tried to build my own drive, with an old pc, with freeNAS, was very unstable.
In the end I just bought a NASbox from synology.
http://www.invadeit.co.th/product/network-storage-nas/synology/diskstation-ds115j-1-bay-nas-server-p025378/

Works very well indeed. Also has heaps of software, including dedicated torrent search.
Really recommend it.

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Thanks Forkinhades,

 

How many HDDs can you mount in there?  Does it have FTP available?

 

Thanks

SM

[Forkinhades]

Quite a few different models, can have up to 8 drives. Think the one I posted has 2, they mirror each other, so 2 x 4tb is very sufficient.
Yes FTP works very well.
I also have mine networked to my Tv's. Via a wired connection, which gives more speed and more reliable connection. Wifi works as well.

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[STUDMEYER]

Well i just purchased myself a new Station DS216play 2-Bay NAS Server and a couple of HDDs to go along with it.

 

Thank you very much for the tip

 

Cheers

SM

 

[Crossy]

Not using a pre-built unit, but running UNRAID http://lime-technology.com/ on a box that I built some years ago.

 

Always been stable although over the years it's had a new main board, new power supply and various new drives (only two of the original units still working), as drives fail I replace them with bigger units. Never lost a file (famous last words) :)

 

Now got 10 drives (the most the board can service), 8 data, 1 parity and 1 cache, totalling 14TB of protected storage (about 5TB free at present).

 

Since it runs under FreeBSD (Linux) there's all sorts of other stuff you can run on the box to keep it busy when not being a NAS, mine maintains my DynDNS and also runs a VPN torrent client (experimentally at present I still have a seedbox in the Netherlands).

 

 

[maxpower]

If its only backup of data then a Qnap or Synology single drive station will do all you want at low power consumption. Widely available here.

Both systems allow additional USB or cloud backup if required.

[muratremix]

synology will be a very good, low power choice for nas.