I just got my Synology DS207+ diskstation from Dustin Home to use as backup for my fileserver and also faster access when streaming video content and recording with my Dreambox digital TV receiver. I did some basic setup with a 2Tb RAID0 volume (2 disks) and ran a quick backup of the most important files from one of the servers in case the UPS fails on me again before I get the new battery.
The Synology diskstations are pretty clever devices with a nice AJAX web interface, Linux based. You can use it as a media server, you can install 3rd party components, download files directly to the device with BitTorrent, use it as a webserver, backup server, integration to Active Directory and much more. I will explore more what the possibilities are when everything else is OK in my systems.
UPS update: I have now disconnected the batteries again, since two of them overheat pretty quickly. I will have to check ETA of my new batteries tomorrow, I hope it doesn’t decide to shut down again.
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