Hey everyone. I’m in a bit of a dilema here about the NAS mentioned in the title.
I’ve narrowed down my list to just two:
- Synology DS1522+ and
- QNAP TS-435XeU-4G
Why I like the desktop Synology?
- 5 bays
- 8 GB RAM
- ECC RAM
- (from what I heard) less noise, given it has bigger fans
Why I like the rackmount QNAP?
- ARM CPU (slightly less power consumption)
- 4 core CPU (vs. 2 on the Synology)
- network!!! 2x 2.5 GbE, 2x 10 Gb SFP+
- I could mount it nicely in the rack cabinet I’m building
Both units have similar price, similar power consumption, similar level of noise (please correct me if I’m wrong - this will be sitting in my living room for the foreseeable future).
Anything I am missing? What else should I consider to make an educated decision?
NOTE: I never owned a NAS, I don’t know the software specs on the two. I am a software engineer, so I like something allowing as much control as possible, running in a private subnet on my network.
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