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I thought i'd add my 2 cents,
i have both the qnap t509 and t869 on running raid 5 with 2tb drives for 8tb useable space and the 869 with 8 x 3tb wd red drives in raid 6 for 18tb useable.
i've got certain directories that backup automatically to the other NAS so in the event that it dies ive got a backup.
i get around 70mbs write speed over gige which is plenty fast enough and runs way faster then my laptop hard drive if i'm pushing data to it.
they are simple to setup and you can have all sort of addon's running, which really add to the value i.e. i have a website + weather station that connects directly to the nas and processes and post graphs and logs.
Also if you have a smart TV you can connect to it directly and stream movies etc directly to the TV.
if you got data to store i'd highly recommend it. I had the motherboard die on the 509 and qnap took it back replaced the motherboard and i was able to restore the configuration and rebuild the array with no data loss. Although this is not always doable.
I went qnap as i got the 869 for a really cheap price from a friend but if i was to redo it, i think synology seems to be as good if not better at a cheaper price!
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