There has been a big security advisory on Linux Bash vulnerability known as 'Shellshock' released recently. If you are running off the shelf NAS, be sure to check the principle's security advisory on how to patch the vulnerability.


Synology
https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/...bash_shellshock

QNAP
http://www.qnap.com/useng/index.php?lang=e...036&sc=&n=22457

FreeNAS
https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/6199

Quick answer is NO. See http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=52921.0

However if you need a work around and that you have standard volume or RAID1 configured, just transfer the harddrive to a PC and boot it up on Linux. You will be able to transfer the data to your new 320L faster.

For RM 599 you can get Synology DS-213J which comes with all the bells and whistle of DSM 5. It's a pretty good media box.

However if you are technically inclined, move up to Linux and FreeBSD based storage which opens up advanced options such as self-healing file system, dedup etc.

Just making a correction on the price, the 213J actually costs RM850 on Viewnet's pricelist. The RM599 is for 214SE which has a slower processor compared to 213J.

The built-in torrent client sucks. Install Transmission torrent client for better performance and throughput. Google for "hack Dlink DNS320"

You might want to use the harddisk diagnostic tool to check the harddisks properly.

For WD use WD Data Lifeguard - http://support.wdc.com/product/download.as...0&sid=3&lang=en
For SG use SeaTools - http://www.seagate.com/as/en/support/downloads/seatools/

Also, check for firmware bugs and similar issues at the Dlink forums. If it is firmware bug, chances are others may have experienced it too.

If going above 4 bay, my advice - don't skimp on price. Synology/QNAP 8 bay retails around RM4k. They come with pretty good and easy to use software. One note, as you add more drives and bigger drives, the chances of hitting Non-recoverable read errors (NRE) becomes higher - ie higher chances of data corruption. Hence enterprise HDDs often have a lower NRE rating than consumer HDDs - thus tend to be more reliable.

Here are two articles on NRE with the details.


However if you data is not important and easily replaceable, you can use anything that you wish.

If you are IT savvy, you can build your own NAS with FreeNAS. Just make sure you have ECC RAM to take full advantage of FreeNAS ability to detect and correct bit-rot on your data. With the latest version 9.2.1.9, anyone with the recommended hardware can easily saturate their Gbit port.

This post has been edited by mrbob: Dec 16 2014, 11:17 AM

You need to do some research on NAS hardware and be convinced of your own research. You will be very surprised with what the Heswell processors can do as it can save quite a bit of power. Anyway 'small' is a subjective word. Some may call uATX small while others like mITX better.



Low Yat forum vendor's carry mostly non-ECC consumer MBs. Consumer MBs usually have the additional sound modules etc which you will not need if you are running NAS and thus uses more power. And of course consumer MBs are mostly non-ECC. If you are serious about running FreeNAS, you should learn more about ZFS scrubbing.

So the long-story made short on ZFS scrubbing - it is how FreeNAS do to protect on-disk data against bit-rot. While ZFS protects against on-disk data corruption, it does not protect your data against memory errors. Protection against on-die memory errors depends entirely on error correcting code (ECC) capability and quality of the RAM modules being used.

Read up on this article which provide more details - ZFS Administration, Appendix C- Why You Should Use ECC RAM
https://pthree.org/2013/12/10/zfs-administr...ld-use-ecc-ram/

Look up freenas forums for the latest list of recommended HW - https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?forums/hardware.18/

BTW, where are you staying?

This post has been edited by mrbob: Dec 19 2014, 09:43 AM

NUCs are great as media PC. If you are already planning to get a 2-bay NAS, just hack the NAS and install Transmission or equivalent. Depending on the Torrent client you use, you can control the bandwidth dedicated for torrenting. And yes, Transmission allows you to control the bandwidth allocation.

Nahh, you don't need the NUC for torrenting so you can pass it to me.

As far as I am know, xunlei runs on Win, MacOS and Adroid only. Haven't heard of anyone putting on QNAP or other Linux image yet. You can try it out and contribute the solution back to the QNAP forum.

Be sure to patch your QNAP from the shellshock exploit. It wouldn't hurt to check other users comments on the xunlei QNAP app to see if anyone complained of slowdown in their bandwidth which can be a sign of other people accessing their internet connection.

http://threatpost.com/shellshock-worm-expl...-devices/109870