Do you use a NAS?

Do you use a NAS?

  • Yes at home

    Votes: 111 47.8%

  • Yes at work

    Votes: 45 19.4%

  • No

    Votes: 95 40.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 14 6.0%
  • Total voters
    232
Yes and no, I have a NAS, but it is a custom build (and open-source) backup and restoration system. I don't do any local hosting and I store old backups separately. Mainly it exits to keep my worked synced and restorable or cloned should be as such required.

Not a NAS per se, though I ticked it, it serves more a tenancy role. I could do with a NAS though, but being remote and with most things in the 'cloud' it is not a need at this time.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Yes and no, I have a NAS, but it is a custom build (and open-source) backup and restoration system. I don't do any local hosting and I store old backups separately. Mainly it exits to keep my worked synced and restorable or cloned should be as such required.

Not a NAS per se, though I ticked it, it serves more a tenancy role. I could do with a NAS though, but being remote and with most things in the 'cloud' it is not a need at this time.
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Where are you storing your old backups? I think NAS would be overkill for my small intentions
 
We run a couple of old MicroServers. Usually have some version of Ubuntu running on them.
 
RunningFromFat said:
Where are you storing your old backups? I think NAS would be overkill for my small intentions
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I duplicate (multiple copies) on HDDs I keep locked up, but I also keep mission-critical things and all necessary documents in an online vault. A NAS is great, especially when you also use as it as an extension on which you may process your workloads. NAS systems which are consumer targeted places emphasis on media consumption.

My own practices aren’t too great, but it is mainly due to my temporary situation. Though my practice hasn’t let me down ever unlike some schitty RAID setups.

Mentioning RAID, Wendell had a good video some time ago,

 
Fulcrum29 said:
I duplicate (multiple copies) on HDDs I keep locked up, but I also keep mission-critical things and all necessary documents in an online vault. A NAS is great, especially when you also use as it as an extension on which you may process your workloads. NAS systems which are consumer targeted places emphasis on media consumption.

My own practices aren’t too great, but it is mainly due to my temporary situation. Though my practice hasn’t let me down ever unlike some schitty RAID setups.

Mentioning RAID, Wendell had a good video some time ago,

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So you're doing certain backups to external hdds or actual HDDs that you store away in a cabinet?
 
I am wanting to build a new one. Not sure what the latest and greatest tech is, but I'm thinking software RAID is the way to go.
 
Have a server at home and use the NAS for backing up of the server.
The Synology NAS is a great NAS just low on memory and processing power.
Would have been great if I could have used the NAS only, however needed additional functionality which it does not cater for
 
No, don't run a NAS, would be a nice to have, but the units, without any hard drives, cost a pretty penny. Then you have to typically buy double the hard drive capacity that you need, due to RAID requirements. Which pushes the cost of an already expensive device up into the stratosphere.

Tho I might still have had a 5 Terrabytes music collection I ripped from my extensive CD collection, and recorded from my even more extensive LP collection. Lost due to Eskom load shedding, it being highly debatable, whether having a RAID'ed NAS might have saved it.
 
Not traditional NAS,but similar
After too many adventures with consumer disks and URE and strain of rebuilding large arrays i've moved over to Stablebit's suite of apps,doing per-folder replication to other disks and offsite as needed. It also has saved my bacon a few times migrating data off failing disks before I knew what's up
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