Raise a NAS for home use with a budget of up to 10,000

Question

Iron

Actually, the question is in the title, the less spending, respectively, the better, preferably ready-made solutions, and if there is experience in using it, then even better. Raise on an old computer is also excluded.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Recently asked the same question. As a result bought Synology 212j under RAID1.
I am very satisfied - the machine out of the box can be an ftp / web / mailbox / ntp / vpn server, downloads torrents, works without problems not only with Windows, but also with Mac. For home needs, there is enough performance (subjectively, of course).
A convenient management interface, so that even remotely you can add a torrent or even view photos from an iPhone (special programs for iOS and Android).

Answer 2

I have two NAS, one self-assembled in a small case on FreeNAS, the second is a ready-made Buffalo Linkstation Live . To be honest, I like self-collection more, because of three things:
- Greater performance over a gigabit network.
- Great functionality out of the box (there is NFS, rsync, ZFS support, there is no Bittorrent client out of the box, but see the next paragraph)
- The ability to expand functionality (although this is not quite easy, you need to understand at least a little bit about nixes).
In short, in terms of taste and color, I'm dissatisfied with the budget ready-made NAS, although I admit that I don't have a very successful model (I didn't choose, I got it by accident).

Answer 3

I understand that "10,000" is in rubles, right? If we are talking about the NAS itself without disk prices, then there is a very good option for the HP Proliant Microserver N40L. You can put FreeNAS on it , and if there is still money left, then add memory.

Answer 4

How many disks should there be?
For what tasks?
It's just that there are many solutions (ready-made solutions) for the home on the market ... all the same d'link, synology, buffalo, netgear.
But if you want 4 or more disks, then most likely you will not meet 10k.
If you want something for yourself, then take a case with the required number of disk slots (Mini-ITX as an option), a motherboard with an integrated processor (E-450, E-350, E-240, etc.), plus as much memory as you need.
Motherboard costs 2-4k, memory 1k, normal case 4-5k.
Why do I offer a motherboard with an integrated processor ... less power consumption and less noise.
And it is desirable to choose a motherboard with the right amount of SATA.

Answer 5

Thanks for the replies.
2tb, 2 disks (at the moment there are two of these: www.citilink.ru/catalog/parts/hdd/hdd_in/692114/ , I was looking for where to adapt), purely for home use (because it has grown;). 10,000 rubles is not including discs, of course, but the less the better, because there is always money to spend.