03-06-2025, 04:08 AM
Hi community, I need some help to decide what to buy.
I am a bit spooked by the reviews stating that the ADM interface compared to DSM and the mobile apps are unpolished and outdated compared to the Synology siblings.
I have a Synology DS1513+ running since 10 years without much trouble so far connected to a UPS.
But looking at the current Synology models and the company approach pisses me off a bit. They are pushing people to buy their own branded drives, lacking flexibility I would expect from a NAS.
What would be the most accurate equivalent or better model than the DS1522+ with possibility to upgrade to 10 Gbps networking in the future and good ECC RAM?
I was also thinking on the TrueNas / unRAID approach, but I honestly dont want to spend so much time managing my NAS, I just want the thing to work well primarily for file sharing and endure a long time.
I already purchased a Mini PC a Beelink SEi with a 12th gen processor, 32 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD where I plan to run ProxMox and some VM´s so the most CPU hungry things should be out from this device.
I already purchased some components taking advantage of some deals.
I already got: 2x Seagate EXOS 20 TB drives and 1 Samsung QVO SATA SSD 8 TB.
What are your thoughts on my situation?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I am a bit spooked by the reviews stating that the ADM interface compared to DSM and the mobile apps are unpolished and outdated compared to the Synology siblings.
I have a Synology DS1513+ running since 10 years without much trouble so far connected to a UPS.
But looking at the current Synology models and the company approach pisses me off a bit. They are pushing people to buy their own branded drives, lacking flexibility I would expect from a NAS.
What would be the most accurate equivalent or better model than the DS1522+ with possibility to upgrade to 10 Gbps networking in the future and good ECC RAM?
I was also thinking on the TrueNas / unRAID approach, but I honestly dont want to spend so much time managing my NAS, I just want the thing to work well primarily for file sharing and endure a long time.
I already purchased a Mini PC a Beelink SEi with a 12th gen processor, 32 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD where I plan to run ProxMox and some VM´s so the most CPU hungry things should be out from this device.
I already purchased some components taking advantage of some deals.
I already got: 2x Seagate EXOS 20 TB drives and 1 Samsung QVO SATA SSD 8 TB.
What are your thoughts on my situation?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!