![]() ![]() It's mostly for larger rack-mount systems.Ĭlosest model I can see that is included would be the FS1018 - but this is SSD only. Synology do offer an advanced replacement service named Synology Replacement Service (SRS) but it's not available for that model in the USA. Or they might have other work staff could do for a few days in an emergency so it's no big deal. But they might be cheap and willing to take the risk. ![]() 12 staff unable to do their job for 3-4 days could loose them 10x more than the additional cost of a server. So you need to determine if the extra cost is worthwhile to your client. If they go for a full Windows server from Dell, HP etc you have options such as NDB or 4-hour reponse, with an engineer coming on-site to perform the repair. I would also expect the replacement to be returned at factory defaults, so you have to configure everything again. So I would expect a minimum 3-4 business days before you have a working replacement. The standard RMA process is to send the unit back to Synology before they will send out a replacement. Lets say this NAS fails in 8 months time. Something you may not have considered is support. One downfall would obviously be losing folder redirection but I think the real-time backup could cover that.Īfter that I can't really think of any downsides to just moving them to a NAS. A NAS is perfect for the type of data they are using as long as they go with cloud accounting. My thoughts are the Synology will provide us with a much more storage at a much better cost than a windows server and super easy remote access support. Instead of folder redirection setup the cloud station and setup the real-time workstation backup.įor cloud backup go with something like Amazon Glacier, for onsite backup just backup to a couple of large externals for the first few years then we may have to build another backup NAS if their data starts approaching 10TB+. Enabling Quickconnect for easy outside access to files, enabling the VPN functionality for people that want to do it that way. Dropping total capacity doesn't save more than a few hundred so I don't see the point because going to a smaller NAS drops the M2D18 card from NVme to SATA SSD or drops the M2D18 altogether.įor remote access. This is obviously way overkill but it will provide them with enough guaranteed fast onsite storage for the next 5+ years and there is plenty of budget for it. Total cost is about $2500 and I can see a windows server EASILY costing double maybe triple. Also including the add-on PCI-e card (M2D18 ) which allows for NVme drives (2x500GB 970 Evo's) as R/W Cache and also bumping up the internal memory to 32GB. I'm thinking of going with a 8Bay Synology NAS ( ) with a total storage of 28TB in SHR. In the future they will need some better options for remote access because they currently use LogMeIn. Their data is primarily documents, spreadsheets, pictures, and PDF's. If they do choose to goto this fully cloud based solution then I am thinking they have zero need for a windows server. They are considering moving to a full cloud based solution for accounting before any hardware decisions are made. Other than that I do have it setup for folder redirection which is one of the reasons why storage is an issue with some employees storing 100GB+ of personal pictures etc. The ONLY reason they need a windows server is because their main accounting software is Sage and it requires a Windows server to run (SQL). Tl dr After emptying a folder on the host NAS, the client PC started emptying that same sync folder, despite being configured to download data only.I have a client who works in construction and they currently have a 5 year old windows server running 2012R2 with about 1TB of total storage in a RAID10 that is approaching it's storage capacity so we're starting to talk about the future. Has anyone experienced this? How have I gone about this wrong? I freaked out and paused the backup, but I can confirm if I unpause it, they start getting wiped again. However, when I moved my files out of that sync folder on the NAS, it started going through and deleting them off the PC! This is exactly the opposite of what the "Download data from Synology Drive Sever" is supposed to do! I have it set up to download data from the NAS only - see config image. I mirror that sync folder to a PC, which is supposed to just accumulate all the files that ever go through that folder. ![]() Part of my annual archive is to move all the files in one of the folders ("Sync Folder") in the NAS to a new directory, so that the sync folder doesn't get too cluttered. I use synology drive on the NAS and the client application on a windows PC. I've been going through my annual archival process, which does involve a little bit of manual re-arranging of files and folders. ![]()
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