Ideally one that can use more than one disk so that i can expand it later when i can. Have some minimal experience with Synology since there’s one at work and i have interacted with it a couple times and like the interface, but am not married to any brand as long as it works.

Located in EU if it makes any difference.

  • GreyBeard@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Unless you have some really high throughput needs, or are putting it in a real weak computer, I recommend software raid like zfs. No need for a real raid controller unless you just need additional sata ports. Heck, even synologys prefer software RAID these days and they have atom or arm processors.

    • Fauxreigner@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Oh, 100% agree. When you flash those cards over to IT mode, they just pass the discs through and you can software RAID them. It’s just an easy way to add 4-16+ (depending on how many SAS ports are available) sata ports if you’re running out of motherboard space.