Need advice NAS acquisition advice for Mthobisi: small biz, 1000 USD

[Mthobisi]

Usage type: small biz

Preferred form factor any

Number of bays: 4-bays

Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? Yes

Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: not sure

This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, business (virtual machines, mail, office, etc.), utilities (docker, VPN, reverse proxy, web hosting, etc.), downloads (torrents, USENET, WebDAV, FTP, etc.)

Max budget for this setup: 1000 USD

Number of users that will utilize this NAS: 10

Any preferred network connectivity? 5G

Where will this NAS be used: LAN and over the Internet

Any special network requirements: 10G

Special cloud provider connectivity: Synology C2

Additional information:
How to access my VMs that are hosted on Synology NAS using Putty in a local network?

 

[fredbert]

You won’t get a NAS for $100 that does what you need. Maybe an older model secondhand?

 

[Mthobisi]

You won’t get a NAS for $100 that does what you need. Maybe an older model secondhand?

My Apologies I wanted to say $1000

[moderator edit: updated first post to 1000 USD]

 

[fredbert]

Well that makes a bit of a difference! I check using UK £ with sales tax added (VAT) so probably the same price area.

The need for 10G network interface will be the main constraint here, but you will still have to provide a compatible 10G card plus RAM upgrades (if needed):

• You can opt for a RackStation (RS820+) if a 4-bay is required
• Or for a higher bay DiskStation you can go for a DS1621+ or DS1821+, being 6-bay and 8-bay options.

Another thing to note is to avoid the higher spec devices ('xs+' etc.) as Synology has started to mandate using their own brand HDD and SSD, and it will check the drives you use. The ones I've mentioned support other vendor HDD/SSD.

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