DS124

If it's only for Torrents, the Synology DiskStation DS124 for less than $140, if it's in a cool location it will be completely silent. power consumption is 3-10 watts, so in some examples it can pay for itself. takes a 3.5" drive, so you'll need the bracket to hold the ssd in place ($10). The client

Stromkosten nicht vergessen. Ein alter PC ist zwar nochmal deutlich flexibler, wenns ums Experimentieren mit Selfhostingsachen geht, aber auch teurer. Synology DS124 laut deren Datenblatt 3.44-10.69 Watt. Beim alten PC gehts eher gegen 50-90W gehen, das sind dann über 4 Jahre 400-800 Euro Mehrkosten

You are exactly the kind of person that a NAS appliance is targeted at. This is a turnkey, all-in-one solution intended for use by people that are not system administrators and/or don't want to DIY a solution. Companies like Synology and QNAP make these devices. Since your storage capacity needs are

A synology DS124 runs about 150$ on newegg. Pair that with a 12tb Seagate ironwolf for about 370$ on newegg as well. This solution will meet your main goals of a good backup, easy integration, and no frills. The notable downsides are no frills and no scalability. But it will be a decent NAS for 500$

Probably the cheapest solution, if you insist on an on premise solution, would be to purchase a simple 1-bay NAS, like a Synology DS124, and use that. It's literally designed to sit in a corner and require little to no maintenance (assuming you enable automatic updates). Another option, also from Sy

I'm trying to avoid a homemade solution. I would like it to be rock solid and stable, not buggy. What are your thoughts on this beestation ? Seems to be a more user friendly version of the DS124+ also from synology - which seems to be the leader in the space.

I bought a Synology DS124 NAS recently and it was pretty easy to set up and works well for my simple network storage and backup needs.

Synology NAS. A single bay DS124 is $150. Put in a few terabyte drive and you are set. Look into Synology photos. All of our phones sync to it. You can store as much as you want. It has built in object and face recognition. There is also a map feature where it looks at the GPS EXIF data and shows yo

Hello, I know nothing about Synology DS124 but I can tell that I have been running a dozen services on an RPi 4, so I suppose your Synology might give you an excellent service for a while. I recommend that you dive into self-hosted security since the Synology interface might not be the best way to a