Knock wood. I've had a WHS (v1) with 18tb that kept growing for four years now. Not a single lost drive Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Gary Udstrand <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:02:56 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Synology DS1512+ and WD Red drives I did build one of my previous NAS units. I used all top shelf components and at the heart of it was a LSI RAID controller. From the time I fired it up until I disassembled it, I averaged losing a drive (or more) per month. I never lost any data but it was very frustrating to be continually cross-shipping drives and rebuilding the array. It was so bad that I bought extra drives to have on hand so I could swap them immediately. Keep in mind this is not some heavily loaded NAS, but rather just a unit for at home to store movies, music and photos. I spent more time on the phone with LSI and WD (they were decent enough to deal with, they replaced all the drives without issue) then I did actually getting any use out of the NAS. Both companies offered up ideas as to the issue which led to all kinds of hardware replacements (newer, better PS; bigger, more powerful UPS; different RAM, CPU coolers, additional fans... you name it, I probably bought new ones and installed them in an attempt to fix the thing. I never did get it to stop crapping drives (I recall going through at least 6-7 drives, but it was probably closer to 8-9) , in the end I tore it all apart and re-purposed all the parts (with the exception of the RAID controller). My home made NAS was a disaster in most every way, beside the failing of the drives it was loud and gobbled power requisite to the amount of heat that it unleashed on my office. :-/ I am hoping to avoid all these issues with an off the shelf unit. The Synology is supposed to be very quiet, and the WD drives run at very cool temps. I am sure that if one took the time you could build a unit that would be every bit as good as the Synology, and maybe even better. But, I have so little time at the end of the day and I need storage now. A turn key is not as cost effective as a roll your own but it is faster, easier and in all likelyhood much more reliable based on my experience. But then again, I am sure my experiences are not the norm. I just seemed to have had plain and simple bad luck. -- Gary http://www.twigsandtracks.com Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks Blog Superior Sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Jason Chue <[email protected]> wrote: > Just curious... How do you see using the 1512+ to be more advantageous than > say building your own NAS? > > BTW, just bought the 4 units of the 3tb WD Red drives for about USD 170 > each after conversion. > > Jason >
