My use case is for remote offices that don’t have good bandwidth to a server site. We put the NAS in there for large data storage, with the knowledge that it is not backed up anywhere.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Synology NAS Recommendations I've been running our organization on Synologys for our shared storage for more than a year now. Been rock solid. Our EqualLogic had reached EOL, and I could buy two Synology units (for replicating to themselves) for half the price of an EqualLogic... On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I’ve got the same type of issues with Buffalo and Iomega NAS as well. Just stop responding, and need a hard reboot to reaccess. As all of ours are either beyond warranty, or quickly reaching end of warranty, I’ll take a look at the Synology brand. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 10:05 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Synology NAS Recommendations The types of issues I've dealt with could not be rectified or managed, as the problem only became increasingly worse, with a shorter MTF with each occurrence - until the devices were not capable of enough uptime to complete backups, It was a problem with the hardware that the Drobo techs could not or would not explain. The issues I experienced all started off with the devices becoming suddenly inaccessible. Even local direct access would not work. The device would have to be hard-booted in order to recover. Over time it would require multiple hard-boot attempts and/or delays with the device being completely off. Everything made me believe it was an overheating component issue. Drobo techs could not or would not confirm. My advice would be to use them the least amount as possible. Use for recovery purposes may prove to be impossible because of the same issues outlined above. If anything I've written rings true for you at all, lose the devices as soon as possible. -- Espi On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Darren Martin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Similar issues with Drobos here. Any advice on keeping them running after support expires?? Thanks. D -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:03 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Synology NAS Recommendations Just seeing this post now... I am a former/current Drobo admin/user as well as a Synology admin/user for a few years now. My opinion is pretty plain and simple: Drobos are crap. Synologys are good. I was initially impressed with Drobos until I started to deploy and maintain them in large environments. The bigger/busier the environment, the worse they are. Performance goes exponentially in the toilet to the point of literal unavailability - aka, it kills them. I've had Drobo support replace quite a few of them, only to experience the same problems after prolonged use. I was primarily using them as backup devices. Very large/long backup jobs can kill them. I seriously recommend removing any/all at your first opportunity. Synology is my current go-to for these types of devices. I haven't experienced any issues of note. -- Espi On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Gordon Pegue <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I currently have a DroboPro unit populated with 8 – Seagate Constellation ES 2GB drives connected to a server via iSCSI. The unit is used to store backup sets and other file/folder content for my modest Windows network. The hardware is robust and very stable but using Drobo Dashboard to do anything beyond checking device status is painful…. I’ve lurked here for some time and see repeated recommendations for and kudos given to Synology NAS units. Before I can pitch to management my thoughts on replacing the Drobo unit, I was wondering if anyone on this list was a former Drobo user and now a Synology user who might comment on the transition. Inviting any other commentary/recommendations as seen fit. TIA Gordon
