How long should I expect a NAS to last? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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First off, I'd normally ask this question on a datahoarding forum, but this one is way more active than those and I'm sure there's considerable overlap.

So I have a Synology DS218+ that I got in 2020. So it's a 6 year old model by now but only 4 into its service. There's absolutely no reason to believe it'll start failing anytime soon, and it's completely reliable. I'm just succession planning.

I'm looking forward to my next NAS, wondering if I should get the new version of the same model again (whenever that is) or expand to a 4 bay.

The drives are 14 TB shucked easy stores, for what it's worth, and not even half full.

What are your thoughts?

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Oh, I don't need to back it up because I have two drives running in RAID.

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[-] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 9 months ago

Raid is not a backup

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 months ago

Protip: The 'B' is RAID stands for "backup".

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I like that!

[-] Prok@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

As others have said, you should really be careful treating your RAID as a backup. I for one do all of my backing up on Playstation 1 memory cards... I had to buy a couple storage containers to store them all, but I guess that technically counts as off-site