I use synology because I tried many alternatives, and none worked out of the box.
I finally got one (SmartOS; I also tried FreeNAS) working, but I used the intel chip with a timebomb clock line for the build.
Then, I gave up. 4 hours after the synology was home, I was much farther along than I’d gotten in a month on the other machine.
I’d definitely pay a premium for a supported open source + hardware NAS combo that supported docker, vm’s and offsite client-side encrypted backup (with dedupe/compression) out of the box. Also, I want it to draw < 10W, excluding disks.
Until then, synology wins, and isn’t a hobby project.
I finally got one (SmartOS; I also tried FreeNAS) working, but I used the intel chip with a timebomb clock line for the build.
Then, I gave up. 4 hours after the synology was home, I was much farther along than I’d gotten in a month on the other machine.
I’d definitely pay a premium for a supported open source + hardware NAS combo that supported docker, vm’s and offsite client-side encrypted backup (with dedupe/compression) out of the box. Also, I want it to draw < 10W, excluding disks.
Until then, synology wins, and isn’t a hobby project.