On Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 03:30:09PM -0800, Community support for Fedora users wrote: > In my experience, USB3 and Ethernet are about tied with each other > for speed. It does not matter how fast your Ethernet goes, if > your computer can not process the data. eSata runs at the speed of > internal hard drive. (The Rosewill is Sata III.) The biggest problem I've encountered is that the third-party devices for external drives are cheaply made and sourced. Doesn't matter how good the hard drive is if the chipset and implementation of the docking station are cheesy. > As far as NAS devices go, I find them pains in the neck. They > always have some weird quirk that ... I have had that experience--especially in the earlier days (and *especially* with Buffalo). The problem, AFAICT, has been expertise on the vendor's part. All of them were--and are--dedicated embedded Linux boxes, relying on Samba. Every single one. Some were because the implementors were overstating the compatibility and capability of the then-current version of Samba. Others were because they simply didn't understand how to configure an embedded Linux server. The third problem was a bad GUI implementation between you and the underlying Linux/Samba OS. Surprisingly, rarely did I confirm the hardware itself was at fault (although that may well have been in the mix.) This has led me to stick with any that HAS worked. Even though there are some quirks, properly implemented current Synology NAS boxes have proven reliable. There are some implementation quirks--but after dealing with systemd, I can't criticize anyone for bad decisions. Certainly none I've not been able to ignore or work around. > I prefer just setting up a Samba server instead. That's effectively what a NAS is. The problem with setting up a RYO Samba server is that you now have another server to manage, with all the downsides that implies. Not a big deal for a home system, but I have to roll these out to dozens of client sites--I simply don't have the time and inclination to build yet another system. IF the NAS works, it's the better choice. > Does not mean that all NAS devices are bad, just that I haven't > found one I like yet. Their big problem is the same problem as USB > hard drives. They are meant to be cheap. No one even > looks at the expensive ones. What do you mean by expensive? A Synology RAID1 DS218+ is about $325-$350, less disks. For home, that might be a dealbreaker; for a business looking for cheap external storage (much cheaper than a 10-15K RPM extension to their internal server RAID10 storage), not at all. > I look at it this way, when you need your data back, you need it > back. The last thing you want to deal with is an extra layer > of complication. Absolutely. Data is expensive, hardware is cheap. For backup or storage, failure is not an option. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
