Hello Walter, I've been running a Synology NAS (DS718+ with two 1TB SSDs) for the past 2 years and I'm pleased with it. It's mostly closed source but: * Provides SSH access (with root), so I run Docker on it and all my media management tools * Runs on btrfs (https://www.synology.com/en-uk/dsm/Btrfs) * Exports via WebDAV, NFS, SMB, AFS out of the box * Has a package manager and a community repository * Web interface * It's very common place, so it's easy to find support and help if need be I've enabled the rsync service on it, I use that to backup my Linux workstation, and nightly my NAS backs itself up with rsync.net in Switzerland, for disaster recovery. If you want something that works out of the box and is hackable, without having to install FreeNAS yourself, I would suggest to look into it. (I'm not affiliated with them, just a happy user.) Stephane On Thu, 2 Dec 2021, at 09:46, Walter Cazzola wrote: > Dear Fedoers, > > I'm planning to buy a NAS to backup my Linux boxes. I've spent few days at > looking for it on the Internet but I've some hard time to find a NAS that fits > my needs. > > I intend to use it both the backup my data but also to keep consistent the > data on several linux-boxes. That is, the data are changed on one machine > (incrementally) back-upped and then restored from another one and vice versa. > > As an inexperienced user, the characteristics I've pointed out are: > - ethernet based NAS optionally with wake-on lan (ie., the > capability of > being turned on by a signal over the internet) > - Linux compliant ie., > - it should be formatted in ext3/4 or other *nix file system to > maintain all > the linux file details such as access rights, attributes, > links, name > lengths/characters, ... > - rsync should be a viable solution to update/restore the backup > - files should be accessible over the internet possibly via ssh, > https, or > mount over the internet > - possibility to create multiple partitions, possibly also with > multiple > file systems. > - RAID 5 or better the supported replicated storage should be at > least 5TB > - optionally I would also like to have some way to > limit/control/monitor > the accesses from the external, eg., via firewall (it will be on a > intranet and I can put a firewall on the modem but it would be > nice to > have some extra control over security and privacy) > > I do not have a net preference between mechanical and optical storage even > if I suppose that given the same storage size mechanical solutions are cheaper > and optical ones are faster. Probably cheaper (especially when associated with > more reliable) is better than faster. > > From your experience do you have some brand/model to suggest? Or something > that I should consider that I didn't list? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Walter > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
