Now that I have decided to purchase Synology (maybe DS1815+), was wondering those who have NAS well could advice me (as they have been) on my queries as I bunged in two different uses:
1) I also have a very young film company that makes ads as well as short films. At an average, a film a month would require about 1TB storage, which would mean about 12TB of requirement per year. At maximum, we need to preserve footage or rushes for two years. Given I would also need about 20TB of personal media. Which NAS would be appropriate for me? I have been told many times about Synology, so given the professional requirement would that still be the recommendation?
2) Would RAID5 be what I should be using? (Guess this will also impact the NAS model choice)
3) Will I be able to set this up by myself? This is important, because a diskless DS1815+ is available from Amazon.com at approximately Rs. 71000 inclusive of duty, and delivered to the door. Now compare that to Rs. 1,20,000 + VAT + Octroi for the same model, available from EBM (Synology distributor in India). Though with local purchase, there's three years warranty, its almost double and was thinking I'll get it from Amazon.com. What say?
I am sure I'll have more questions on this as I am now very close to buying. So thanks to all in advance.
1) I also have a very young film company that makes ads as well as short films. At an average, a film a month would require about 1TB storage, which would mean about 12TB of requirement per year. At maximum, we need to preserve footage or rushes for two years. Given I would also need about 20TB of personal media. Which NAS would be appropriate for me? I have been told many times about Synology, so given the professional requirement would that still be the recommendation?
2) Would RAID5 be what I should be using? (Guess this will also impact the NAS model choice)
3) Will I be able to set this up by myself? This is important, because a diskless DS1815+ is available from Amazon.com at approximately Rs. 71000 inclusive of duty, and delivered to the door. Now compare that to Rs. 1,20,000 + VAT + Octroi for the same model, available from EBM (Synology distributor in India). Though with local purchase, there's three years warranty, its almost double and was thinking I'll get it from Amazon.com. What say?
I am sure I'll have more questions on this as I am now very close to buying. So thanks to all in advance.