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Lifespan of Synology NAS
16-05-2020, 17:56 (This post was last modified: 16-05-2020 19:32 by simoncn.)
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RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS
The chassis/electronics should go on more or less indefinitely, at least until you need a new NAS to improve performance or run the latest DSM.

At some point one of the disks will fail. If you are using RAID, you can just replace it, ideally with the same type of disk if you can still buy it. You should also have a backup in case of some kind of catastrophe such as a lightning strike or a mains power surge or undervoltage.

It is easy to move disks but you should wipe them before moving them to the new NAS, then restore your data from backup. If they are already several years old, you need to consider how much life they are likely to have left.

The j range is quite low-spec and I would pay a bit more to get a "value" model. Whether you need to move up to "plus" depends on what you are doing with the NAS.
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Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 16-05-2020, 17:40
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - simoncn - 16-05-2020 17:56
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 16-05-2020, 17:58
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - DavidL - 18-05-2020, 12:18
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 18-05-2020, 18:12
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 18-05-2020, 23:07
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 21-06-2020, 19:37
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 22-06-2020, 17:07
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 23-06-2020, 16:27
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 27-06-2020, 21:19
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - DavidL - 27-06-2020, 22:01
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 27-06-2020, 22:26
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - bbrip - 28-06-2020, 14:41
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 03-07-2020, 04:06
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - DavidL - 03-07-2020, 15:16
RE: Lifespan of Synology NAS - Mike48 - 03-07-2020, 19:25

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