Finally found a NAS Backup server that works!!!
Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Author: admin
*** Update
I recently bought a DS209 which is half the size of the 407, it holds two drives and its way faster. It also powers itself on/off on a schedule in my case 12:00am – 7:00am its off.
I read at 33/MBs and write at 44/MBs over my network!!! thats faster than my USB2.0 drives
*** Update
So I used to have a Windows 2003 Server in my basement that took care of my shared drives and backups using robocopy. I then had a “LaCie Ethernet Bigdisk” which really gave me problems and it crashed twice. I also tried Apple’s Airport Extreme and that proved frustrating due to Apple disabling basic features so people will buy OSX server instead…. so I researched every affordable NAS solution and decided to go with:
Its the Synology CS407e and its the most amazing little NAS box around. It holds four SATA drives and supports RAID 0-6. It can serve as a webserver, photo station, FTP server, IP camera server, MP3 station, etc…
I have two 1TR drives setup as RAID 1 and two 500GB also setup as RAID 1 which basically mirrors both drives so if one fails the other still has all your data and it can rebuild a replacement drive. It can also back itself up via rsync or a USB drive (Which I do monthly and keep offsite).
So I was transferring everything from my Win2003 Server and my LaCie bigdisk when I get an email:
Dear user,
Volume 2 on CubeStation is in degraded mode. Please identify the cause of degradation and take corrective action.
To obtain further assistance, please contact Synology Online Support: http://www.synology.com.
Sincerely,
Synology Cube Station
Followed by:
Dear user,
Internal disk 3 on CubeStation has crashed; please replace it.
Sincerely,
Synology Cube Station
How cool is that? I had setup the notifications and it caught one of my old 500GB drives failing. It also beeped and flashed some status lights until I logged in and acknowledged the problems.
The web interface is really polished and fast, its truly worth the $365 (from tigerdirect.com). I’m also happy that this thing doesnt use nearly as much power as my old Windows server.
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