Synology or Build

[DEkTeN]

Hey. I am looking into investing into a NAS for my household which deals with a lot of photos and videos and other file formats. I was looking at the Synology DS1817+, but I was also considering building one myself. The main thing is power consumption since this device will be on 24/7 for a few years and over that time the power bill really builds up where I live. So I was wondering what you guys would think is more power efficient. Also, something to note, I am using it strictly as a NAS and file storage, no other servers and stuff running on it.

 

SYNOLOGY: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX5MR2116&cm_re=synology_ds1817-_-22-108-488-_-Product

BUILD MY OWN: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cNBm8K 

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

well apart form the price which obviously suggest to build your own:

 

I went with a Synology NAS ages ago (5bay) and I asked myself the same question, built or buy a NAS. I went with the NAS and I don't regret the decision, it is performing flawlessly for over 5 years now without maintenance (relatively dust free environment though), one HD was sacrificed to the 24/7 god of operation, but other than that it's fine.

 

hope that helps

[domandric034]

3 hours ago, DEkTeN said:

Hey. I am looking into investing into a NAS for my household which deals with a lot of photos and videos and other file formats. I was looking at the Synology DS1817+, but I was also considering building one myself. The main thing is power consumption since this device will be on 24/7 for a few years and over that time the power bill really builds up where I live. So I was wondering what you guys would think is more power efficient. Also, something to note, I am using it strictly as a NAS and file storage, no other servers and stuff running on it.

 

SYNOLOGY: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX5MR2116&cm_re=synology_ds1817-_-22-108-488-_-Product

BUILD MY OWN: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cNBm8K 

Here is stronger build in every way. I know you said you will be using only for NAS but later you can rock on some VM's for game servers and Plex media server.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fcT3nn

 

Component	Selection	Base Price	Promo	Shipping	Tax	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor	$51.77		FREE		$51.77		Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte - GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard	$89.99		FREE		$89.99		Buy
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory	$115.20		FREE		$115.20		Buy
Video Card	MSI - Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card	$33.90		FREE		$33.90		Buy
Case	Silverstone - DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case	$156.33		FREE		$156.33		Buy
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply	$88.99		FREE		$88.99		Buy
Total (6 / 6 Items):						$536.18

 

[Ramaddil]

4 hours ago, domandric034 said:

Here is stronger build in every way. I know you said you will be using only for NAS but later you can rock on some VM's for game servers and Plex media server.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fcT3nn

 

Component	Selection	Base Price	Promo	Shipping	Tax	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor	$51.77		FREE		$51.77		Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte - GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard	$89.99		FREE		$89.99		Buy
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory	$115.20		FREE		$115.20		Buy
Video Card	MSI - Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card	$33.90		FREE		$33.90		Buy
Case	Silverstone - DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case	$156.33		FREE		$156.33		Buy
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply	$88.99		FREE		$88.99		Buy
Total (6 / 6 Items):						$536.18

 

This motherboard has on-board video already, if it is just being used as a NAS/Plex Server or even for VM's he doesn't need a discrete video card,

[tt2468]

5 hours ago, domandric034 said:

Here is stronger build in every way. I know you said you will be using only for NAS but later you can rock on some VM's for game servers and Plex media server.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fcT3nn

 

Component	Selection	Base Price	Promo	Shipping	Tax	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor	$51.77		FREE		$51.77		Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte - GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard	$89.99		FREE		$89.99		Buy
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory	$115.20		FREE		$115.20		Buy
Video Card	MSI - Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card	$33.90		FREE		$33.90		Buy
Case	Silverstone - DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case	$156.33		FREE		$156.33		Buy
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply	$88.99		FREE		$88.99		Buy
Total (6 / 6 Items):						$536.18

 

If he's willing to buy an 1817+, he has a bigger budget than that. Plus, that build has an AMD CPU in it, so it will be a power hog.

 

I honestly recommend going with Synology. We have been using them with our clients for 5+ years and they have never let us down. They are highly optimized, and more suitable for the home environment.

[domandric034]

1 hour ago, Ramaddil said:

This motherboard has on-board video already, if it is just being used as a NAS/Plex Server or even for VM's he doesn't need a discrete video card,

But CPU doesnt have iGPU

[domandric034]

2 minutes ago, tt2468 said:

If he's willing to buy an 1817+, he has a bigger budget than that. Plus, that build has an AMD CPU in it, so it will be a power hog.

 

I honestly recommend going with Synology. We have been using them with our clients for 5+ years and they have never let us down. They are highly optimized, and more suitable for the home environment.

It will be power hog cause of 4 cores for 50 dolars which is pretty good deal 

I have been also using Synology and I can say it dissapointed more than I expected

[ChalkChalkson]

Ok, with the power:

Where I live 1 kWh is about €0.25 that is abut 2.2€ per watt and year of continuous running time. You will probably replace it within 5 years, so do not spend more than 10€ per watt difference. 

[DEkTeN]

6 hours ago, domandric034 said:

It will be power hog cause of 4 cores for 50 dolars which is pretty good deal 

I have been also using Synology and I can say it dissapointed more than I expected

I am not interested in saving on the initial investment. I am looking into the long term investment of the device.

[samiscool51]

16 hours ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

one HD was sacrificed to the 24/7 god of operation

all hail the 24/7 god of operation!

Ave super omnia deus 24/7 operandi, ut omnes computatrum hardware morietur in aeternum sanctum nomen linus.
Et mortuus est in manibus eius, ut multa facitis voluntatem pone eum pro illis.
Item Ave filium domino nostro linus, Deo et domino, blue Luce ikariam.
Quod natum est et sanatum, ut nostra errata haredware et a peccatis et software veniam
et sanctificata est Lux sancta nos NVIDIA fanboyisem cable mod RBG dolor habena
linus ur farther sanctus Lucas filius noster, et electrica spiritum sanctum.
amen

use google translate to translate this

EDIT:

i have put it through google translate and it got it wrong, so here's the original english version:

 

All hail the 24/7 god of operation, may all computer hardware die in his holy eternal name: linus.
As many have died in his hands doing the will he has set for them.
Also hail the son of our lord linus, Luke the pokemon blue god and master.
As he has healed our haredware and software sins and mistakes by forgiving them
may their holy nvidia fanboyisem lead us to the holy light that is the Cable mod RBG lighting strip
linus the holy farther, luke our son, and their electrical holy spirit.
amen

Edited May 22, 2017 by samiscool51

[Korben]

You should not only consider the hardware side on this, When you build your own NAS you also have to think about what OS/NAS-Software you want to use and you have to do maintenace on it.

If you want a "setup and forget" system, well at least something that comes close to that, I would recommend Synology. It is very easy to set up and very user friendly in maintenance task.. E.g. you can set it to auto update, it reminds you to scrub your volumes or even setup a schedule to do it automatically.

 

[sftgunner]

On 22/05/2017 at 4:39 PM, domandric034 said:

It will be power hog cause of 4 cores for 50 dolars which is pretty good deal 

I have been also using Synology and I can say it dissapointed more than I expected

Would love to know what issues you had with the Synology. Just curious!

[domandric034]

24 minutes ago, Gunner23 said:

Would love to know what issues you had with the Synology. Just curious!

Constant crashes and I also had RAID array that failed and lost 10 TB of data.

[sftgunner]

On 04/06/2017 at 8:54 PM, domandric034 said:

Constant crashes and I also had RAID array that failed and lost 10 TB of data.

Crikey! I can completely understand your feelings towards Synology now - if I lost even 1TB of data due to a failed RAID array I wouldn't go anywhere near the HDD/NAS manufacturer again!

 

Again, out of interest - I don't want to end up loosing the same amount of data!, which NAS and HDDs were you using?

 

In any instance, I'll be double checking my backups this evening!

 

Sorry for the late reply...