Hi all, I’m considering moving from an older Dahua-style analog NVR with 1080p cameras to a Synology Surveillance Station setup, likely a DVA1622 with around 6 or 7 wired PoE IP cameras running 24/7.
I’m mainly looking for real-world owner feedback before investing in the unit, cameras, PoE...
I've had a DS1819+ for some time, attached to my LAN and used for nightly automatic backup of my Windows 11 PC (image of C: plus file copies of other three HDDs). I recently bought a DS1821+ specifically to use for off-site backup (OSB). The original NAS is mapped to A: on my PC, and the new...
I have a DS918+ fully populated, with an older 8TB IronWolf Pro formatted as basic btrfs in slot 1. The drive has about 40k hours on it and while I don't need the space on that drive, it's probably time to replace it. Slot 1 is where my apps, Docker containers and a few other things reside that...
I have a DS918+ with a couple of drives that are nearing full. I'd like to replace the full 16TB drives with new 20TB drives. Each full drive is its own SHR1 volume. (This was done years ago with the though that I might expand to a redundant SHR array, but have no need for that now). I thought...