can I know where (and how much ) u get the 16TB, it seeems quite rare and only pro version available

Amazon. Still available the normal without pro.

shipping and tax is a bomb, how to handle this ? and did u get during black friday ?

This post has been edited by mitkey06: Aug 31 2021, 10:43 AM

Shipping not expensive and no tax. Way more cheaper than local.

i paid RM 1050 for a 8TB ironwolf during the 8.8 shopee sales. saw the price going up probably due to RM weakeaning

So now wondering why my SSD Cache Read/Write crashed and when check the SSD itself its ok

Now setting to Read Only... and see what will happen, does anyone had same Cache SSD crashed especially set in Read/Write ?

Touch wood so far mine never crash before.
Any files or partition lost because of the crash?
Got power failure or spike that could cause it to error?

Don't know if this week solar flare could be the cause
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereur...sed-by-the-sun/

Beware of damage during shipping. My experience:

1. 3x 16TB Amazon USA domestic shipping to my hotel in USA. Hand carry back home = all ok
2. 1x 16TB Amazon USA international shipping to MY - DOA
3. 1x 16TB Amazon USA international shipping to MY - DOA
4. 2x 16TB Lazada international shipping from Japan to MY - 1x DOA, 1x ok

I believe those drives are sensitive and vulnerable to damage.

Ya, I concern this before. So I tried 1x 1st and no problem with the hdd. Run for over a yrs. Then continue brought the rest.

This is 4th hdd I brought from amazon. All running fine in the NAS.

The way the box design look can sustain some crash. You can request from amazon for extra box.

I didn't use the Amazon shipping. But 3rd party.

Fortunately nothing missing... Its crashed when start schedule monthly scrubbing session

All unit supplied power thru UPS... didn't notice power spike

that's solar flare not sure... if so maybe other electronic devices had issue too is it

Nice tips... will try remember next purchase

just curious.. as for NAS alternative.. anyone know if there is such thing at the market where exHDD docking + ethernet network features.?

saw something like this: https://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-RocketStor...g/dp/B00PJO53VI

If you just want a storage that's accessible on network, plug external HDD or such dock to your router. Most router for past 10 years have USB port. It then can be configured for services such as Media Server, SMB, Time Machine.

If you have a router with USB port, you could attach an external HDD on it and make it a media drive. Some router comes with cloud account that could turn your USB drive into a private cloud storage.

A standalone NAS is preferred as the file management if not controlled by router processor.

But an old computer turned into a NAS drive is much faster than a purpose built NAS.

Anyone upgraded to synology DSM 7? any issue?

Also, anyone can recommend IP camera that compatible with Synology surveillance station?

I upgraded to DSM7 2 months ago. I got write here some feedback.
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=101511491

Thanks for sharing, upgraded to DSM 7 so far so good.

I still waiting

i used to tinker with rpi2 to set up a NAS + Nextcloud for my own cloud backup/storage, but later on stop because of the limitations in rpi2's shared ethernet and usb bandwidth

how's the write speed across rpi4?

Your model still haven't got DSM 7? Or you want to wait until it is more mature?

Hi guys and all the NAS experts. A very newbie here want to ask a question about NAS.

Can anyone recommend me one NAS server for my company use? The main purpose is only for file sharing.

Currenly I'm using oldschool method:
- Use a normal CPU
- create a root sharing folder,
- create sub folders for each user/dept.
- then copy the link for each subfolder and create a desktop shortcut to each user's pc. (for example, if HR dept staff, the desktop shortcut link will be something like "\\192.168.1.20\DESKTOP-1111222\shared\hr", and so on.

It's a very oldschool method, I know. And it becomes problem now since we're still in working from home schedule, so need to come to office first to copy the files and bring back to home. Later go back to office and replace the updated files. It's very tiring and ineffective.

So I think NAS is the solution. Based on the purpose mentioned above, anyone can recommend me which NAS should I buy?

A very thank you to everyone.

This post has been edited by waruna: Sep 30 2021, 03:11 PM