Hello Walter, On Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:05:19 +0000 "Stephane Travostino" <steph@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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.) Same here with a QNAP TS-251a (ext4fs on disks in RAID arrays), rsync over ssh (root) over ethernet (or wifi). It's not out of the box: a bit of configuration to install rsync on it from third-party package and setup everything, including a rsync-based script on machines to backup, but nothing you can't learn. All my machine here are backed up on it. Regards, > 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 -- wwp https://useplaintext.email/
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