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Best Synology Replacement? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 months ago by ramble81@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have a DS220+, which frankly I love, but I’m looking to replace it soon. It only has 2 drives, Synology is pulling some fuckery with needing their branded drives and I’m staying on the 6.x firmware given what I’ve seen/heard with 7.x

All that being said, I’m trying to find something that is:

At least 4 bays
Small form factor (it shouldn’t be much bigger than the drives it’s holding)
Capable of running Docker
Capable of backing up to an S3 bucket
Capable of backing up Windows Clients
Habe a decent GUI (I can do CLI, but frankly, don’t want to)

I was thinking potentially QNAP, but didn’t know what else is out there. I really do like Synology and would have looked at one of their models but their vendor lock in move ticked me off. Maybe finding a used 420 or 920?

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[–] WASTECH@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I previously had a QNAP, and they honestly aren’t much better than Synology. I would definitely go the build your own route. For the OS, I really can’t recommend TrueNAS more. I’ve been using it for years and it is rock solid.

[–] Zanathos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same recommendation here. I went through two QNAP units before being fed up and building my own 12 Bay for about 1200. My first QNAP died shortly after the 3 year warranty expired and the second died shortly before. I was able to RMA the second and sell it to recoup some money towards building my own TrueNAS system that I can now fix myself and not rely on proprietary anything.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which case did you get?

[–] Zanathos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is the one I went with along with a supermicro server board. The company has been great as I've already needed replacement rack screws and a new control board due to my own foolishness. They shipped me replacements at no charge very promptly.

https://a.co/d/a1kZQYX

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I'm waiting for hexOS to get more mature before I dive into the DIY NAS setup.