Nas with Linux

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Brother gave me a wd dl400 nas But it was broke wouldnt boot date code 2015 seems it was in that time frame of faulty intel chips could not get it going pulled tested and checked drives wd red 6tb x 4 cmr drives all ok in great shape. After looking seems I prob settle for synology get two of the two bay nas dont want put all my eggs in one basket in case of failure which after reading alot seems to be common with nas boxes Dunno just asking opinion cause I know this forum.
Checking the drives in computer wd does use some linux animal on there nas boxes. Whats strange they worked in my dell desktops but bios reported wrong size but the disk analyzing and partion all had the right size only the capacity was wrong from bios, was going use one them for nas but kinda decided against it.

WetGeek

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When my Synology NAS needed to be repaired and updated to v.7 of their software, I sent it to a repairman near Chicago, and he did a great job. He fixed the motherboard, and updated the OS and the four disks. When I got it back, I was able to plug it in, connect to the network, and use it right away.

I admit to being nervous the whole time, because there were four 10TB disks involved, with about 18TB of family documents, photos, and a movie and music collection that went back decades. Not a byte was damaged throughout the process.

If you might want to contact him, I'll dig through my emails and let you know how to reach him. Let me know

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WetGeek
Thanks for the offer but i threw it in the trash kept the harddrives which are in good shape there was no data that needed to be kept off of drives. To many issues with WD online with there myclouds for my taste.

WetGeek

Axios To many issues with WD online with there myclouds for my taste

Sounds like you have the situation in hand. I might suggest that you consider a four-drive Synology device, maybe a DiskStation418 instead of two 2-drive models. With Synology's special RAID option, you'll get more storage space, I'm pretty sure, and having all your eggs in one basket isn't really a thing. These NASs have a fault tolerance of one disk. If there's ever a disk problem, it identifies the one at fault, you replace just that disk, and the system rebuilds itself automatically.

It works the same way if you should ever want to increase the capacity and keep all your previously saved data. One at a time, you replace your old disks with new ones, and let the system rebuild.

Just two cents worth of advice from someone who's been there, and done that. Good luck with your future endeavors!