←back to thread

The Synology End Game

(lowendbox.com)
452 points amacbride | 5 comments | 29 Aug 25 06:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
exmadscientist ◴[29 Aug 25 09:49 UTC] No.45062103[source]▶
A big part of the appeal of Synology was that you could just forget about it. I have a little one in the corner that's just been sitting there serving files out over SMB for years now. It doesn't need to do anything more and I don't need to think about it.

A lot of the alternatives being proposed are not so easy to maintain. A full general purpose OS install doesn't really take care of itself. And I don't have (and don't want) a 19-inch rack at home. Ever.

So what's the set-up-and-forget-until-it-gets-kicked-over option?

replies(13): >>45062180 #>>45062219 #>>45062300 #>>45062590 #>>45062803 #>>45062819 #>>45063449 #>>45066493 #>>45067267 #>>45067468 #>>45067497 #>>45067832 #>>45068735 #
pjmlp ◴[29 Aug 25 11:12 UTC] No.45062590[source]▶
There isn't many, as stupid as it may sound, I keep burning CD/DVD/BluRay and piling up external drives.

Yes, it is a pain versus having a NAS, but at least I don't have to deal with this kind of stuff.

replies(2): >>45064050 #>>45064085 #
1. TheCondor ◴[29 Aug 25 13:43 UTC] No.45064050[source]▶
I’m a fan of optical storage and its durability (with reasonable care.)

But the problem is when you need to recover and have 20 Blu-ray Discs with important data scattered about, it takes days.

Or when there is a specific piece of data you want/need and only have a vague idea of where it is/was in history. Maybe if those ultra capacity discs took hold but it looks like the era of optical is ending

replies(1): >>45064154 #
2. pjmlp ◴[29 Aug 25 13:52 UTC] No.45064154[source]▶
Same applies to NAS, how many hours have you spent clicking around shared folders on company NAS / cloud storage, to track down where a specific set of files are actually located?

Search isn't helpful if the stuff wasn't properly indexed.

replies(3): >>45067313 #>>45069618 #>>45070806 #
3. procaryote ◴[29 Aug 25 17:54 UTC] No.45067313[source]▶
rgrep is easier on a nas though
4. vunderba ◴[29 Aug 25 21:29 UTC] No.45069618[source]▶
Sure, but clicking through a folder set on a single managed volume is orders of magnitude easier than rooting through a hundred blue ray DVDs, popping each one into your optical reader in the hopes that it is the correct one, and then having to search within that volume.
5. kalleboo ◴[30 Aug 25 00:13 UTC] No.45070806[source]▶
> Search isn't helpful if the stuff wasn't properly indexed

Synology indexes file contents similar to Spotlight on the Mac.