HPR4038: Network Attach Storage Options I Use Everyday

HPR Podcast January 19, 2024

Here is a quick overview of the NAS systems/technology I use today and what I have used in the past. Some NAS systems don’t have all the features you want but today it’s becoming easier to make them do it with a few configurations. Overall, NAS technology has grown over the years and it’s blurred the lines in what we use to think of individual systems now bundled up into single devices.

Network Attached Storage I use

• What is a NAS and why do I use one
• Compare NAS options I use
• Talk about some of the old things I used
• Conclusions about which NAS are right and why

List of NAS I use

• Synology
  • https://mariushosting.com/
• OMV
  • https://www.openmediavault.org/
• TrueNas Scale
  • https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/
• TrueNas Core
  • https://www.truenas.com/truenas-core/
• Individual Drives
• Windows Storage Spaces
  • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/storage-spaces-in-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2

Why do I use or have so many?

• I tinker a lot.
• I’m paranoid about backups.
• I enjoy spreading the load over different systems

Old Ones

• Drobo
  • https://www.drobo.com/docs/start-drobo-5n/
• FreeNas
• OwnCloud
• SAMBA
• Raid Enclosures
• Pogoplug
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/pogoplug/comments/adcxfs/can_i_still_use_pogoplug_now_without_their_cloud/
• DLink 2323
  • https://eu.dlink.com/uk/en/products/dns-323-sharecenter-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure

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