I have seen the light!

I have recently purchased a Synology DS213+. This piece of equipment is nothing short of a marvel of modern technology. It is everything a NAS should be. The interface is AMAZING.

I encourage everyone to try the web interface here:

http://www.synology.com/products/dsm_livedemo.php

It required zero software to configure. The logs are excellent and, more importantly, unencrypted. The built-in backup works flawlessly. The permissions, user groups and sharing is equally good.

Low and behold, I did have a legitimate drive failure. The nas notified me immediately, cut off the drive and continued to run without failure.  I replaced the drive, and it rebuilt flawlessly.

This thing just runs and runs and runs. I have had months of 'UP' time. I was so thoroughly impressed, I purchased two more identical units and installed them at other offices that I manage. And then I bought one more for home to host all the network backups. All 4 have been working flawlessly.

Seeing this makes me wonder why the DROBO insists on being so closed without any form of web interface. I'll never understand.