Decision to Purchase a Private NAS
Synology DSM 7.0 has official release since June 23, 2021. Because of this, is time to get a personal NAS storage to replace legacy way of mange in folders and files at external hard drive and paid Cloud Storage.
Initially I have used Synology Solution since 2009 my old legacy Synology DS-109J model as my personal web server and as media storage. During that era is not feasible for me to used as personal NAS storage on cloud where Internet Technology in my country was expensive and slow for file transfer. That is the reason I have used it as my personal local network storage.
When the time come External Hard disk already become the commodity items to keep your huge data into it and store it. that time i have stop using it.
After many years past, the cloud storage already be the commodity where many end-point devices will have their own default cloud storage solution. The cost of it is paid annually with the limited storage. initially this solution is good where data file is not huge during the initial start. in year 2021 many people struggling to paid the monthly fees during this Pandemic just because needed to ensure their data will not lost and destroy. As the cloud storage vendors know majority of the person is just keep the data in their storage and will not do any housekeeping. it will grow dramatically where the times come to purchase additional storage with them. The time you purchase it will be to late. like i have some bad experience where your upload photos and file was easy to their cloud. but you will have difficulty to download back or maybe some photos already been reduce their quality due to the sick of not paid additional fees to get additional storage and used the compression that has impact most of the high-resolutions photos taken on cameras.
As a personal used solution, done some common solution for comparisons. as the Common NAS solution it will used as File Storage Solution and Web Hosting. greatly the DSM 7.0 come with Synology Office near similar than Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365 Web Solution.
As the comparisons above, Synology DSM 7.0 solution work more practical and good for common routine lifestyle used. The data is hosted at your own house network where Google and Microsoft Solution needed to store your data on their cloud.
There always has pros and cons hosting your data via Private NAS and Public Cloud. Below is the simple comparisons to make a decision.
As opinion suggestion, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and Personal Used of NAS storage is a very good move to go to Private NAS solution. For the Enterprise who want to keep all the archiving data where it count by per Terabytes price. is good to used Private NAS for safe keeping.
As all this research and features suite my current situation, I have purchase Synology DS 920+ NAS storage. Once get all the more details on hands-on on it. Will put it in review in phases.
Initially I have used Synology Solution since 2009 my old legacy Synology DS-109J model as my personal web server and as media storage. During that era is not feasible for me to used as personal NAS storage on cloud where Internet Technology in my country was expensive and slow for file transfer. That is the reason I have used it as my personal local network storage.
When the time come External Hard disk already become the commodity items to keep your huge data into it and store it. that time i have stop using it.
After many years past, the cloud storage already be the commodity where many end-point devices will have their own default cloud storage solution. The cost of it is paid annually with the limited storage. initially this solution is good where data file is not huge during the initial start. in year 2021 many people struggling to paid the monthly fees during this Pandemic just because needed to ensure their data will not lost and destroy. As the cloud storage vendors know majority of the person is just keep the data in their storage and will not do any housekeeping. it will grow dramatically where the times come to purchase additional storage with them. The time you purchase it will be to late. like i have some bad experience where your upload photos and file was easy to their cloud. but you will have difficulty to download back or maybe some photos already been reduce their quality due to the sick of not paid additional fees to get additional storage and used the compression that has impact most of the high-resolutions photos taken on cameras.
As a personal used solution, done some common solution for comparisons. as the Common NAS solution it will used as File Storage Solution and Web Hosting. greatly the DSM 7.0 come with Synology Office near similar than Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365 Web Solution.
| Solution | Storage | Workspace | Web Hosting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synology | Synology DSM 7.0 | ||
| Google One | Google Cloud Platform | ||
| Microsoft | Microsoft 365 Personal | Azure Cloud | |
As the comparisons above, Synology DSM 7.0 solution work more practical and good for common routine lifestyle used. The data is hosted at your own house network where Google and Microsoft Solution needed to store your data on their cloud.
There always has pros and cons hosting your data via Private NAS and Public Cloud. Below is the simple comparisons to make a decision.
| Type | Private NAS | Public NAS | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
Brand |
Synology | Google, Microsoft |
|
| Home Internet Broadband | Yes | Yes | Both required to have internet connection to access it. |
| Data Stored | Local | Cloud | Private NAS keepthe data locally where Public NAS will storage in the vendors data-center. |
| Investment | Fixed One-Time Cost | Monthly Metering | Private NAS need to purchase the entire solution and deploy at local network where Public NAS will count depending how you used the solutions. Initial Price Public NAS will be cheaper than Private NAS. |
IT Tech-Savvy |
Yes |
Yes |
Both also need to do configuration to make it works. |
Productivity Solution |
Yes |
Yes |
Both NAS solution come with Professional Solution to manage your documents, photos and files. |
As opinion suggestion, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and Personal Used of NAS storage is a very good move to go to Private NAS solution. For the Enterprise who want to keep all the archiving data where it count by per Terabytes price. is good to used Private NAS for safe keeping.
As all this research and features suite my current situation, I have purchase Synology DS 920+ NAS storage. Once get all the more details on hands-on on it. Will put it in review in phases.
