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Another ReadyNAS or something else?
I'm researching options for adding another NAS to our network. Because there is a 4-year-old ReadyNAS (Pro Business with 5 3TB drives) on the network, I had initially thought of simply going with anot...
I think both Qnap and Synology make great devices. For UI slickness nothing beats Synology, even if Qnap (and to a much lesser extent NTGR) have functional interfaces and most of the functions. I recommend Synology for the following reasons:
* NTGR have not shown commitment to existing users
* NTGR have shown a disturbing attitude to app developers (who make most of the interesting apps)
* NTGR have obviously released OS6 much long before it was anything close to stable or feature-complete
* NTGR have chosen a new and unproven file system for the new OS, a file system that has many well-known bugs
* NTGR have introduced features and "services" that are simply unneeded and/or irritating and/or malicious; registering needed at the slow Genie store, call-home functions that are hard to disable, etc.
* Many of the Synology packages are both awesome and easily installed/administered. I'm specifically thinking of the VPN app and the mail server app, which package several hard-to-configure items in a "for dummies" fashion.
It's clear that NTGR have worked up a significant backlog during the years; what we are seeing is a perfect example of what is called "technical debt" and frantic attempts to fix it, with (likely) a way too small staff.
* NTGR have not shown commitment to existing users
* NTGR have shown a disturbing attitude to app developers (who make most of the interesting apps)
* NTGR have obviously released OS6 much long before it was anything close to stable or feature-complete
* NTGR have chosen a new and unproven file system for the new OS, a file system that has many well-known bugs
* NTGR have introduced features and "services" that are simply unneeded and/or irritating and/or malicious; registering needed at the slow Genie store, call-home functions that are hard to disable, etc.
* Many of the Synology packages are both awesome and easily installed/administered. I'm specifically thinking of the VPN app and the mail server app, which package several hard-to-configure items in a "for dummies" fashion.
It's clear that NTGR have worked up a significant backlog during the years; what we are seeing is a perfect example of what is called "technical debt" and frantic attempts to fix it, with (likely) a way too small staff.
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