DiskStation DS920+

Did this as well. I got a synology 920+ with two 10TB drives. Have been using them for 3 years. It also doubles as my Plex media server as well. Worth the 700 or so upfront cost. I'll probably add two more 14TB drives at the end of the year.

We also have a 920+. It is up to date and will receive full updates for quite a while, no end of live is announced for it and once it is announced, Synology typically provides security updates for another 2 years, so use it and enjoy it until further notice. If you only use as backup file server, Sy

I actually use 2 - I have a DS718+ and a DS920+. A little clarification from my comment might be needed. The Mac needs to be running to get backed up, but all the other cloud backups happen without any intervention from a computer. To set it up, a computer would be easier than a tablet, but it’s pro

Same situation here, ran Synology Photos on a DS920+ for a couple years before switching. The memory creep on long timeline scrolls is real and it never got fixed properly in my experience. Annoying on a tablet especially. Immich is genuinely better. The client-side memory issue does not exist in th

I've run mine on Synology (no Unbound) for years (920+ 20GB ram) in a debian VM (4cpu / 1gb ram) and have not had any issues. The only quirk is the vm takes a few minutes after a boot to come up. Good luck!

You do not, you can install the server directly onto the NAS using the Synology DSM. I have a 920+, I've been running it for ~4 years with no issues. But you can also have the server on another device and pull the media from the NAS storage. I'm waiting for a NUC to be delivered this week to finally

what helped me when i built mine was going with a Startech 12U open frame rack - easy access and good airflow. for NAS i switched to a Synology DS920+ and never looked back. thing i wish i added sooner? a rackmount UPS. power hiccups killed my uptime until i got one. gives you clean power and fits r

I've never had such a problem on my DS920+. I run native and not on docker. It's rock solid. This has been helpful to me: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/a-roon-on-synology-nas-primer/253298 Not only that, the guy who wrote it is a great person.

i had this same conundrum recently where i had immich running on an HP ML110 running proxmox on it's own ubuntu VM; lol because of certain outside factors electricity is now expensive as fuck so i decided to condense it down to a mini pc (ubuntu/docker). i followed the backup and restore process out

The absolute lowest power NAS I successfully used was Radxa Zero 3W with 2TB NVMe connected via USB which consumed about 2/5W with idle/active status, could be less if the load on processor is decreased.Also used Pi 4B with HDDs connected over USB , it was an ugly mess of adaptors and wires. It stil