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ReadyNas discontinued?
I love this product and have been looking for a second one (RN424), but none have been available for months. I understand the pandemic has reduced computer chips, etc. but now I see ReadyNAS isn't ev...
I can highly recommend Synology, for all it's worth.
I have been a big user an fan of ReadyNAS, and have several 6/8 bay ReadyNAS devices going back to 10+ years.
So I was gutted when I was "told unofficially" back in 2020 that the line was going to be discontinued.
So I ended up buying the Synology DS1819+ and now the DS1821+ 8 HDDs NAS. (The 1821+ supports the AMD RyzenTM V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz CPU.0
Perhaps the build quality is not the same as ReadyNAS (I supposed i am only complaining about the plastic disk caddies really, but they do the job.)
Having said that, synology are clearly investing in NASes, with the latest version of the DSM 7.0 being pretty good. Sure there are some minor things lacking there as well, regarding SMB, but eveything else is excellent so far.
At the end of the day it's all about the software and what I like about DSM is that there are plenty of features/options that have to do with data integrity/resilience/redundancy.
(I am not too fussed about Plex and such "streaming" features that QNAP seem to have, and consequently QNAP's NASes seem to be more expensive from my POV.)
For all it's worth they support Seagate's IronWolf technology, so that speaks to their investment, if nothing else.
HTH
All the best with your choice.
Platypus69 wrote:
I can highly recommend Synology, for all it's worth.
One concern with Synology is that their new NAS are locked to use their re-branded hard drives. I'm not a fan of that approach.
StephenB wrote:
Platypus69 wrote:I can highly recommend Synology, for all it's worth.
One concern with Synology is that their new NAS are locked to use their re-branded hard drives. I'm not a fan of that approach.
To be fair to Synology, as I understand it that policy only applies to their Rack-mount "Rackstation" line sold for enterprise use. But it is a troubling trend, I agree.
I have been looking at a lot of the options out there. The DS1819+/1821+ seem like a good option as long as I'm willing to move my Plex serving off the NAS. QNAP's security snafus as of late make me weary of their line, and I'm not as impressed with some of their hardware. I must admit Asustor's hardware is the most appealing right now, but I've heard mixed things about their software and their underlying system access.
I bought a Sony TV as I just use Kodi from the Android store (I assume they have Plex there). So it's just easy to connect the Sony TV to the SMB shares and it just works. Otherwise Kodi is also available on XBox, which I use as well.
For the DS1819+/DS1821+ I bought Seagate EXOS 14TB HDDs for one and IronWolf Pro 16TB HDDs for the other. They seem to support a broad range of HDDs for their consumer/prosumer NASes. And update the HCL fairly often. Remember the delays we had with Netgear waiting for them to put HDDs that had been out for years on their HCL.
Anyway...
The other cool thing is that DSM 7.0 has the ability to download a HDD database. From the GUI:
Drive Database
The drive database contains information on drive temperatures, SMART attributes, the compatibility list, and forware updates of Synology drives. They system updates the database automatically and periodically. However, you can also click Updae Now to immediately update the databsae, or click Manual Update to update it by uploading the Offiline Update pack.As I said I have been impressed so far with such functionality. I assume i will get warning if one disk's telemetry such as temperature or bad sector count rises past some outlier average calculated base on collected telemetry. That is potentially better than SMART, which is antiquated.... At the end of the day it is another useful "signal".
As I said I don't want Plex/transcoding on the NAS, do it at the TV layer/XBox layer for me. Why chew up the CPU on the NAS when a cheap modern TV has dedicated hardware with native HEVC support, etc. You end up paying for such functionality on the NAS and that is why I did not go with QNAP, where some models had HDMI ports, remote controls, etc. As was said, the hardware was underwhelming for the price.
- Just curious i jave a readynas 314 since 2014 with 4 NAS drives (seagate) which were new replacements. I have no plans for a new nas unless this 314 dies. If i do buy a synology can i not use these drives? Or should i format it and then use it?
Unfortunately I can't answer that.
aniraghome wrote:
If i do buy a synology can i not use these drives? Or should i format it and then use it?You'd have to reformat the drives, so you'd need a backup.
I have a Synology 4 Bay DS920+ on older. When it arrives I plan to move ONE drive from my ReadyNAS to the new NAS and format it. Then I'll copy data from the ReadNas to this new drive. Once I'm satisfied it is working correctly (maybe a couple of days use) I'll move the second drive from ReadyNAS to Synology. It should add the new drive to the set and copy data to the new drive.
But just in case, I've got a backup on a slower, USB drive.
Good luck.
Dave
- that sounds like a good plan. almost like replacing new drives even with RN. please share how this goes.
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