02-05-2023, 09:30 AM
Your guidance please. Am 75 yrs new 2 NAS. Had two HDD's fail, 1 external drive, recently laptop. Thinking more secure with SSD, big cost difference, UTubevideos suggest shorter life. I like Synology package DS420+ with 2x4TB storage 1 mirrored, keep 2 bays for future expansion. Capacity & cost are steering me to HDD again but with backup. Thinking IronWolfPro, maybe WDRedPro & avoid shingle. Unsure if I need SSDCache, think I do. BroadbandBuyer quoted Samsung 970 EVO plus 1TB M.2 2280 M-key PCle NVMe SSD single sided MZ-V7S1T0BW. Is this a good spec please. Recent video suggests failures & not good. What is good alternative. Am design engineer, max 2 users. Need to archive bulk of my technical & personal data, duplicate current work folders to my laptop, work on them remotely, Office& drawgs etc, automatic update weekly back to the server, mirror the data, sometimes access from abroad. Will switch off unit overnight/when not in use.