Finally the "China 4 bays 蜗牛星际" arrived.......ordered 9/5 ..arrived 22/5....almost 2 weeks....

stuck in customs around 3 to 4 days....as usual our customs process is slow...

too lazy to test....just done
1. simple cleaning....
2. power on
3. access the DSM software....disable all stuff and just enable nfs and non secure ftp
4. to be continue....

will update once got time.....

How much damage?

I see got few version for this NAS. Which one that you get?

I got the A version......

$$$$ for the 4 bay NAS = RM280++ including shipping .....slightly expensive


plus 4 x 4Tb HDD



total damage = RM1000+

The problem with such NAS is, how reliable is it.

What happen when it spoil? Can the data be transfer able to another NAS?


Here experience when my 4bay NAS spoil. Probably strike by lightning on the LAN port.

I can't communicate with the NAS. Nor able to transfer the file or backup at all. Cause everything have to go through the LAN port. And the NAS only have 1 LAN port.

Luckily it is a Synology NAS. From their forum answer, I can get a new Synology NAS and just swap the hdd in. Run the new NAS OS and repair the data back.

That save me alot of time and safe the data too.

Such experience teach me,
1) not to buy a NAS with just 1 LAN port.
2) Get a brand that long been in NAS industries.
3) With a good OS like such transfer able HDD or data hassle free.
4) Minimum 4bay or more

But Synology x86 4 bay NAS cost = RM2000+ ......crazy expensive


I just normal home user and need simple NAS to store my movies only........

Hi guys,

I just wonder where I could buy the Synology Extended Warranty pack for my newly bought DS ya? Unfortunately, the shop where I purchased it from, ran out of the pack earlier, and I thought I could purchase it directly from Synology site, and apparently I couldn't. I haven't activated the NAS yet though.

Thanks guys!

https://www.synology.com/en-my/products/Extended_Warranty
Depend your model whether you need to get EW201 or EW202

https://shopee.com.my/search?keyword=synolo...nded%20warranty

If back 13yrs ago have a convenient today, I won't start a NAS.

After calculate the cost and maintain it.

After start having it, hard to turn back.

So prepare the cost for up keeping. It is not like buy and forget, let it run for the rest of the life.

I started out with a nice 4-bay Qnap in 2012 but no longer use it.

In the end for me I made a tiering system. Irreplaceable scans/photos/videos are on the NAS (FreeNAS ~4TB usable, total spent maybe RM500?) backed up to OneDrive
Anything else that's downloaded can be deleted after watching

Today cheapest in Amazon.

Seagate IronWolf 16TB SATA 256Mb 7200Rpm $468.49.

I run 8*16TB Seagate Exos

How is the exos perform?

I want to use exos since it is cheaper.

But worry about mix run/use with ironwolf.

I read in Synology recommend that running exos need to off the hibernate.

works well. they are enterprise grade disks, trouble free and workhorse.

Decide not to mix/run with ironwolf.

Cause after buy, if have problem, I can't do anything with the HDD. Risky.

Normal IronWolf or IronWolf Pro you got ?

Normal ironwolf.

Price drop again - $463.81

Just brought 2pcs.

IronWolf Pro I got in array of 16*16TB. Stacked in 4U configuration.

Wow! That's alot!

I already run 2 ironwolf. Get another 2 to expand and standby to replace WD red. Which almost pass the lifetime.

How long you use your WD Red already ?

I run array of 8 set for 6 years 24/7, solid performance no issue. Satisfied. Attached with another backup system so I'll keep this running and still using for other use.