08-03-2023, 10:30 PM
Hello,
I've been thinking about building my own NAS, but honestly something that is already more ready out of the box and user friendly like a Synology product is perfectly fine for me. What I also do want to get right though is future proofing, specifically from a software perspective.
Essentially, once I have a NAS, the things that can go wrong in the long term are: 1) the NAS breaks: buy a new one; 2) a hard disk breaks: buy a new one; 3) software updates? My concern is that using Synology software they might stop releasing updates for it when a piece of hardware is not the newest, thus kind of forcing you to buy new hardware only because the software doesn't receive updates.
If this is the case, do you think it is a problem to be concerned about? Is it too risky to keep Synology hardware with outdated software? If so, might it be best to go through the hassle of building my own NAS to have open source software that will always receive security updates?
Many thanks,
Matteo
I've been thinking about building my own NAS, but honestly something that is already more ready out of the box and user friendly like a Synology product is perfectly fine for me. What I also do want to get right though is future proofing, specifically from a software perspective.
Essentially, once I have a NAS, the things that can go wrong in the long term are: 1) the NAS breaks: buy a new one; 2) a hard disk breaks: buy a new one; 3) software updates? My concern is that using Synology software they might stop releasing updates for it when a piece of hardware is not the newest, thus kind of forcing you to buy new hardware only because the software doesn't receive updates.
If this is the case, do you think it is a problem to be concerned about? Is it too risky to keep Synology hardware with outdated software? If so, might it be best to go through the hassle of building my own NAS to have open source software that will always receive security updates?
Many thanks,
Matteo