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Hello,<br />
I am looking into specing a NAS server for one of my clients. Small business. I am reading good things about the synology 1512+ but i heard some of this models came out defective. Any one else have experience-based recommendations on any other brands? or the 1512+ coming out ok now?<br />
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Looking for <br />
stability<br />
reliability<br />
RAID6 capability<br />
dual gigabit ports<br />
perhaps dual power supply<br />
non-complicated web interface<br />
AD integration<br />
not necessarily rackable<br />
etc
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Hello,
I am looking into specing a NAS server for one of my clients. Small business. I am reading good things about the synology 1512+ but i heard some of this models came out defective. Any one else have experience-based recommendations on any other brands? or the 1512+ coming out ok now?

Looking for 
stability
reliability
RAID6 capability
dual gigabit ports
perhaps dual power supply
non-complicated web interface
AD integration
not necessarily rackable
etc

NAS server???

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

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Server Hardware

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.