Bought additional NAS

[Harrison]

Can the M2s be used just as a cache buffer?

I can understand some German. Will take a look.

[Kin Hell]

Just use Google Translate if you're using Chrome.

Very interesting read DC.

Still using a QNAP TS412 here & considering building a sever to replace it from my old Z77 Rig.

I'd also agree from what I've read that Synology are now ahead of QNAP. - I'd rather not waste time & money trying a Synology when transfer rates on Gigabit to a server will be infinitely faster. - I just simply hate the laggy feel to Linux on the TS412. Doing anything on it is like waiting for paint to dry & the transfer rates to the drives in the QNAP are pathetic.

[Harrison]

That was an issue with some older Qnap NASs though. Overall speed can also be down to slower CPU or less ram.

Why would transfer speeds over Gigabit to a full server be any different to a NAS? It's purely reliant on the hardware and drive speeds, plus the OS and disk formats used Some new NAS's even support 10Gbit network speeds now. Plus if running on Linux can take advantage of EXT4.

The disadvantage of using a full system over a NAS is power consumption and OS overloads. Plus a NAS Linux build is streamlined to only need the parts required for the build, so no clutter or bloat.

[Kin Hell]

Clutter & bloat.....

As Clarkson has said, ....many times....

More Power!

[Harrison]

Power is not always the answer. Clarkson!

[J T]

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Wicked

[Demon Cleaner]

Btw, what's your opinion on NAS configuration. I wanted to use it in Raid5, which is obvious with 4 HDDs, although loosing 16TB is quite a lot.

As I just had 2 of the 16TB purely as a backup in an Icy Box enclosure, my initial thought was to get an enclosure which I could also use on a network. But it's purpose will stay the same, acting as backup, as data graveyard.

What if I just configure it as a JBOD, would that make sense or would you disagree by all means?