Looking for a quiet NAS

Posted by: CSI_Basel on 24 April 2013

I want to get a NAS as a backup to my Unitiserve and also to store my hires music.  Since it will be in the living room I am looking for one that emits as little noise as possible. 

 

Looking for comments from members as to whether they still hear them when everything else is silent?

 

Any suggestions?

 

Cheers

Posted on: 24 April 2013 by DCOne

Synology DS112j is pretty quiet, if you don't mind the single disk version.

Posted on: 24 April 2013 by garyi

They are not quiet, you will hear one.

 

why does it have to be in the living room?

Posted on: 24 April 2013 by Iver van de Zand

as an alternative for Synology, you might want to look at QNAP 219, or QNAP469

 

Iver

Posted on: 25 April 2013 by sbilotta
Originally Posted by DCOne:

Synology DS112j is pretty quiet, if you don't mind the single disk version.

Synology is a great NAS; I have one.

However they are well known, in the relevant forums, for having fans that after a while (about a year and a half... approx.) becoming noisy, but to compensate they have great customer support. I had this problem and they sent me a replacement for all the fans.

However, it's not a great idea to have the NAS in the living room, whichever brand,; they are after all servers and by definition work horses to be kept and running in an adequate environment.

Posted on: 26 April 2013 by nudgerwilliams

I have ReadyNAS v2 Duo.  It and the US are in the listening room, albeit behind a door in a cupboard.  Cannot hear either of them.  This was my first NAS, I'm semi-illiterate on networking stuff, but have found it a piece of cake to set up and work with. 

Posted on: 26 April 2013 by analogmusic

synology. have it in my living room and cannot hear it.

Posted on: 26 April 2013 by sckwan

Synology produce excellent NAS.

 

Choose a model of Synology with larger fan, so that the fan can spin at a lower speed. This will reduce he noise of the NAS. The fan can also be easily replaced by a more quiet fan at a very low price. To check the noise of the NAS just google "synology <model number> noise level". You can also read reviews on NAS at this website:

 

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews

 

The generic Upnp server is pretty good. You can also install minimserver in it after installing the java package.

 

http://minimserver.com/

Posted on: 26 April 2013 by LarsDK
I have a synology d211j, which works well, but is too noicy for my living room at least (4x5,5 meters)

Yesterday I set it up as proper backup share to my US, and will now try to simply unplug after full backup has completed. My hope is i can attach it once per month, the US finds it, and backup new music.

I dont think this is the intended way due to the daily automatic backup cycle on US. However dont have good options for placing elsewhere.

Any experience with that? Could also solve OPs situation

Lars
Posted on: 26 April 2013 by LarsDK
I have a synology d211j, which works well, but is too noicy for my living room at least (4x5,5 meters)

Yesterday I set it up as proper backup share to my US, and will now try to simply unplug after full backup has completed. My hope is i can attach it once per month, the US finds it, and backup new music.

I dont think this is the intended way due to the daily automatic backup cycle on US. However dont have good options for placing elsewhere.

Any experience with that? Could also solve OPs situation

Lars
Posted on: 27 April 2013 by garyi

Where is your router?

 

i just dont get why anyone would put a nas in their living room. A living room implies there might be other rooms in the abode, so get it sorted, run some ethernet cable. Get a guy to run some for you.

 

you spent 2 grand on one peice of hifi but cannot think outside the box to serve it properly, i simply cannot get my head round that.

Posted on: 27 April 2013 by LarsDK
Garyi, i guess we live in different settings. In my flat, i dont want the Nas in my bedroom, hallway, bathroom or kitchen. That leaves me with dining room or living room, neither of which improve from a noisy Nas. I have put the US next to router, and thats about what i find ok from a noice perspective. In a house or different flat, of course other options are possible, cheers Lars
Posted on: 28 April 2013 by LarsDK
CSI basel, with the help of phil from naim, i have now setup my synology nas for backup. From nserve for mac, i can manually start a backup run, and from now on will do this each time 10-20 new albums have been added, ie monthly or bi-monthly.

You could do something similar, and completely avoid the backup nas noice in case you cannot place it in a different room like me

Lars
Posted on: 29 April 2013 by Claus-Thoegersen
Originally Posted by garyi:

Where is your router?

 

i just dont get why anyone would put a nas in their living room. A living room implies there might be other rooms in the abode, so get it sorted, run some ethernet cable. Get a guy to run some for you.

 

In my caseI have my computer in my livingroom, and do not have a spare room for a nas, and with a Netgear Duo v2 I hear it only when I am not playing music, turn off my computer and listen for it. I waited to buy a nas until I was sure I could live with the noise and did not have to invalidate warranty

by replacing a fan.

Claus