Need NAS Recommendation

[davidktw]

Bought the ds212j today. Installed the synology assistant and the dsm using direct cable to PC.

Now when I turn on the NAS w/o any connection .. Status orange light blinking. Manual says blinking orange light is volume crashed or no volume.

Odd thing is my Disk Status is static green.

You didn't seems to mention that you have install hard disk. Did you? After that you ought to create a volume. The volume that is using any of the RAID available based on how many disks you have installed.

 

[galliano]

You didn't seems to mention that you have install hard disk. Did you? After that you ought to create a volume. The volume that is using any of the RAID available based on how many disks you have installed.

Yes I did install a HDD, thus prob explains why my disk status is green. In fact, I was accessing the disk station manager earlier a little. Did not do anything really much. Not sure if I create a volume or not.

 

[KalTorak]

Yes I did install a HDD, thus prob explains why my disk status is green. In fact, I was accessing the disk station manager earlier a little. Did not do anything really much. Not sure if I create a volume or not.

'Green' disk status simply means HDD(s) detected and functioning properly.

Blinking 'Orange' status LED means no volume has been created yet.

Login to the DSM WebUI, go to Storage Manager and create a disk volume.
Recommended to use RAID-1 if you have 2 identical capacity HDDs installed.

After that, proceed to create Shared folders under Control Panel, Shared Folder.

 

[galliano]

'Green' disk status simply means HDD(s) detected and functioning properly.

Blinking 'Orange' status LED means no volume has been created yet.

Login to the DSM WebUI, go to Storage Manager and create a disk volume.
Recommended to use RAID-1 if you have 2 identical capacity HDDs installed.

After that, proceed to create Shared folders under Control Panel, Shared Folder.

Oh yes. Tks for the assurance. It's my ignorance that I forgot to create volume. Apologies.

It actually did take a rather long time for my 1TB.

 

[antsig30]

For those people who is thinking to buying synology. I brought DS413J during the sitex show and it broke down after 3 months of usage. I took to the distributor and they took one week to troubleshoot. Told me that they will sent it to Synology for RMA. It will take another 2 weeks. Do you think this is acceptable for 3 weeks of downtime. They don't provide loan set to user.

 

[davidktw]

For those people who is thinking to buying synology. I brought DS413J during the sitex show and it broke down after 3 months of usage. I took to the distributor and they took one week to troubleshoot. Told me that they will sent it to Synology for RMA. It will take another 2 weeks. Do you think this is acceptable for 3 weeks of downtime. They don't provide loan set to user.

I feel your pain, but I don't think you can get exceptionally better service elsewhere for what you are paying for.

In comparison, if your TV break down after 3 months, is there any brand today that will give you a loan set ? I think "acceptable" is subjective to from which perspective you are looking at things.

However, I find it slightly "unacceptable" that it took the distributor 1 week to troubleshoot.

 

[antsig30]

I feel your pain, but I don't think you can get exceptionally better service elsewhere for what you are paying for.

In comparison, if your TV break down after 3 months, is there any brand today that will give you a loan set ? I think "acceptable" is subjective to from which perspective you are looking at things.

However, I find it slightly "unacceptable" that it took the distributor 1 week to troubleshoot.

I am surprised that it need 2 weeks to RMA because it need to send back to Taiwan. Not sure about other brand, but it is definitely taking too long. Even the RMA process for harddisk doesn't take that long

 

[mrkiasu]

who u buy from ??

For those people who is thinking to buying synology. I brought DS413J during the sitex show and it broke down after 3 months of usage. I took to the distributor and they took one week to troubleshoot. Told me that they will sent it to Synology for RMA. It will take another 2 weeks. Do you think this is acceptable for 3 weeks of downtime. They don't provide loan set to user.

 

[antsig30]

Brought from MCL during sitex.

 

[arsene]

In comparison, if your TV break down after 3 months, is there any brand today that will give you a loan set ? I think "acceptable" is subjective to from which perspective you are looking at things.

Yes, if you buy Panasonic.

 

[davidktw]

Yes, if you buy Panasonic.

Really ? Good then I guess users conscious over a loan set just have to get Panasonic.

 

[ah_fu]

what's the lowest price for ds212j in SLS?
Should i wait for the IT show next week?

 

[partyrocker]

what's the lowest price for ds212j in SLS?
Should i wait for the IT show next week?

329, IT show I think are 280

 

[jtjt00]

280 is a great price for entry level NAS.

329, IT show I think are 280

 

[hlots123]

hi, noob qn here:

for all nas, after it has formatted the hdds, can i take out the hdds & connect to pc mb to do file transfers (e.g. using ubuntu)?

if can, then any potential problems with file permissions when done this way?

TIA...

 

[Yakumo]

hi, noob qn here:

for all nas, after it has formatted the hdds, can i take out the hdds & connect to pc mb to do file transfers (e.g. using ubuntu)?

if can, then any potential problems with file permissions when done this way?

TIA...

Was thinking of something similar. Thought of getting a ds212j, set it up in RAID 0, take out and transfer video files into it then place back into the ds212j and use it as a video server

 

[galliano]

Was thinking of something similar. Thought of getting a ds212j, set it up in RAID 0, take out and transfer video files into it then place back into the ds212j and use it as a video server

Not sure bout the others, but for Synology ...

It's not that easy to take out the HDD. U need to open the NAS casing, unscrew the HDD.

I think for NAS, the HDD is meant to be mostly inside.

 

[Gribber]

Not sure bout the others, but for Synology ...

It's not that easy to take out the HDD. U need to open the NAS casing, unscrew the HDD.

I think for NAS, the HDD is meant to be mostly inside.

DS1512+ screw-less also can. just press button.

 

[davidktw]

Not sure bout the others, but for Synology ...

It's not that easy to take out the HDD. U need to open the NAS casing, unscrew the HDD.

I think for NAS, the HDD is meant to be mostly inside.

There are a lot of NAS with hot swappable hard drive slot. QNAP, Synology, Thecus, ReadyNAS etc. Get the SOHO or Business class if you want hot swappable disk drives slot. There is nothing to unscrew.

 

[Yakumo]

Not sure bout the others, but for Synology ...

It's not that easy to take out the HDD. U need to open the NAS casing, unscrew the HDD.

I think for NAS, the HDD is meant to be mostly inside.

I don't really need hot-swap capability, but is it possible for a RAID 0 created on Synology to be detected and written on Win 7 and then read after placing back into Synology?