

Don’t use them.
Very easy to pick SMR HDDs by accident.
You don’t want those inside a NAS.
Usually a lurker.
Maybe I should’ve just shut up and thought for a bit longer before writing that comment…
If you want to talk to me elsewhere, you know how to reach me.


Don’t use them.
Very easy to pick SMR HDDs by accident.
You don’t want those inside a NAS.


Set it up on my uGreen DXP4800+
The most unpleasant thing was to configure the LED health indicator and learning how it works.


Regarding NAS loudness volume: I can give you some advice as mine is in my bedroom.
Choose quiet drives. I deployed 4x Toshiba N300 15TB He HDDsin RaidZ2
Maybe mod the drive cages: Use something like sticly velcro strips (soft side) on all sides that HDD/caddies touch the caddy and case/chassie.
Move your intensive access times to late night (4am for example) or when you are at work/gone from home.
Use a soft surface. I have placed the NAS on soft foam from packing materials to reduce vibrations.
Happy storing :)


Imagine having to back up 50Tb to S3 :p
Not everyone has a symmetric connection.


The tape drive costs more or less 2000€ (without VAT), the tapes cost about 80-100 for a 15tb drive (and compressed capacity doesnt count as the to be backed up data is probably not just a database or text.
Don’t think there are much economic options beside finding the cheapest S3 storage or a secondary backup server.
Too dangerous for me.
Too much room for error.