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<blockquote data-quote="karlc_uk1979" data-source="post: 401593" data-attributes="member: 90401">Funnily enough I've run both a Freenas box, and a ubuntu server before getting the NAS box.The big advantages are:1) Lower power consumption.2) Raid tends to work (Freenas Raid support without an £££ hardware raid card is a bit beta ;-))3) Size, it's alot smaller than a normal desktop pc. About the size of my shuttle XPC, but has more hard disks inside4) Has remote admin, emails me that the backup has happened etc, all out of the box.5) You can add funky stuff to the Synology box, such as subversion etc.... it's basically a linux box.6) Maintainance - I do nothing, it backs itself up, and is connected to a UPS. Job done.7) It's quiet.and the biggest, and this is the single reason we went for it, rather than a ubuntu home server, is that my girlfriend can even fix it! This is a big issue as it stores a lot of her photos, and we agreed as I work away from home, she must be able to fix it herself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="karlc_uk1979, post: 401593, member: 90401"] Funnily enough I've run both a Freenas box, and a ubuntu server before getting the NAS box. The big advantages are: 1) Lower power consumption. 2) Raid tends to work (Freenas Raid support without an £££ hardware raid card is a bit beta ;-)) 3) Size, it's alot smaller than a normal desktop pc. About the size of my shuttle XPC, but has more hard disks inside 4) Has remote admin, emails me that the backup has happened etc, all out of the box. 5) You can add funky stuff to the Synology box, such as subversion etc.... it's basically a linux box. 6) Maintainance - I do nothing, it backs itself up, and is connected to a UPS. Job done. 7) It's quiet. and the biggest, and this is the single reason we went for it, rather than a ubuntu home server, is that my girlfriend can even fix it! This is a big issue as it stores a lot of her photos, and we agreed as I work away from home, she must be able to fix it herself. [/QUOTE]

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