In 2015, we bought a TS-453 Pro for our non-profit. We now need to replace it. We actually wanted to do it sooner (2020), but had to postpone because of covid. The NAS recently gave us our cue, when it started reporting 0 RPM for System fan 1, along with a blank system temperature. I figure it's a faulty sensor, as the fan is actually running fine. Also, the CPU and disk 1-4 temperatures all stay below 35°C.
We might keep the TS-453 Pro around for backup purposes, so if anyone has a solution for this problem, please share it. I haven't been able to find one.
We are replacing it as our main NAS anyway, so my first real question is: which current model would be the logical successor to the TS-453 Pro? The TS-453D seems very similar, would that be a good choice?
Being a non-profit, budget friendly options are always welcome. I wonder if a lighter model might suffice for our needs. We have been using our NAS as follows, meaning its successor should have the following features. (I realize a lot of it will probably be standard, but I'd like to make sure.)
- Raid 5
- Microsoft networking (SMB) for a maximum of 12 simultaneous users, including home folders and a network recycle bin.
- Mostly for Office files, but also larger files such as Photoshop or GIS.
- FTP-server
- Crontab editing (Done via SSH, but a more user friendly option would be welcome.)
- Some file sharing via MyQnapCloud
- Antivirus
- Qsirch
- Backups to USB hard drives, currently formatted as EXT4. Encryption is a must have. One backup job is automated, the other starts manually.
- Possibly backups to our old NAS
- At least two NICs for port trunking, (balance-alb) maybe more for VJBOD with our old NAS/service binding/...
- I have some spare DDR3L-1600 sodimms. Being able to install them into our new NAS would be a plus.
How easy is it to migrate to a new NAS? I'm hoping importing a config file will cover most settings (control panel > system > backup/restore settings). Some of the more time consuming stuff I'm not looking forward to setting up manually includes:
- The list of users and user groups with all of their properties. Are they included in the config file?
- Folder permissions: are they carried over when copying the folders from the old NAS to the new NAS?
- Migrating crontab tasks: copy/paste from old to new crontab file?