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The Synology End Game

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452 points amacbride | 3 comments | 29 Aug 25 06:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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DocTomoe ◴[29 Aug 25 07:49 UTC] No.45061352[source]▶
Semi-OT:

I currently have a QNAP TS-451D2. I use it mainly with a MacBook Pro. Something in QNAPs Samba implementation makes it glacially slow in that configuration. While it still does AFP (and then becomes somewhat decent to use), it's only a question of time for apple to chop that protocol.

With QNAP having proven to be substandard and Synology going evil, what other options for a mid-range, local NAS for the tech guy who doesn't want to have another thing to tinker with do exist? I'm thinking 'appliance', not 'project'. Ideally, I want to just set it up once and then forget about it.

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gbtw ◴[29 Aug 25 07:58 UTC] No.45061411[source]▶
Truenas (linux) has been like that for me. Repurposed my last pc, added a pci-e sas/sata card, add 8 hdd's. Installed it 2 years ago and its been auto updating and i have been hardly having to deal with it, at most an hour a month to check the status and maybe add or remove some docker container stuff thats running on there.
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1. actionfromafar ◴[29 Aug 25 08:08 UTC] No.45061470[source]▶
An hour a month + some docker shenanigans I don't understand? Your sales pitch started out so good and then - anxiety spiking for me. :-D
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2. MarioMan ◴[29 Aug 25 08:21 UTC] No.45061545[source]▶
I run TrueNAS Scale at home myself.

There’s no need to proactively check in on anything if you’ve set up email alerts. It’s pretty straightforward to give the NAS permission to send you emails in case a drive dies on you rather than failing silently.

Docker containers are just a nice bonus. You don’t need to use them if you don’t want to, but it is awfully convenient to run things like media encoders, torrent clients, download managers, etc. directly on your storage.

3. zer00eyz ◴[29 Aug 25 08:21 UTC] No.45061552[source]▶
Depending on what you build and how you build it you're going to have a large range of experiences.

Do you need just disks in a raid? Look at it once a month to make sure nothing stupid has happened and go on with your life. Do you want to run a bunch of services (arr stack, home assistant, full on home lab type stuff) then yes it may require some more "work" depending on what your running and how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go.