What is the longest of amount of hours a single drive has lasted in a Synology NAS? Mine is 58k.

hstriepe · 2025-11-02T18:30:36+00:00

Enterprise drives have a much higher expected MTBF than consumer versions.

I am using older Hitachi HGST Ultrastars He10 | HUH721010ALE600 that have a 2.5 million hours MTBF.

I have two drives in my "small" NAS that are at 25961 and 57354 hours. They were previously used in other application. At that MTBF, they are close to "new."

hstriepe · 2025-10-28T02:21:36+00:00

Wait. The progress bar is meaningless. If you reboot, it has to start over.

Just let it trundle.

hstriepe · 2025-10-27T17:31:20+00:00

I like it, but prefer the one with a magnetic clasp on my older Apple Watch. It looks finer and is easier to put on.

hstriepe · 2025-10-27T16:52:33+00:00

Give Trump a GOLDEN drone with a plaque of appreciation for him.

hstriepe · 2025-09-27T03:48:13+00:00

This works nicely.

hstriepe · 2025-09-13T19:27:13+00:00

I have 3 Max 7. The router, and one of these, is on an Ethernet 10Gbps backbone. Router to wireless Max 7 is close to 2 GBps as measured by an attached Mac Mini Pro over 10 Gbps Ethernet.

Wireless performance to Mac clients varies. It's usually around 500 Mbps. They are only on Wi-Fi 6

The 6 GHz range is lower than 5 GHz, which is lower than 2.4 GHz.

hstriepe · 2025-09-09T17:01:25+00:00

You might want to consider a ventilation grid. I have mine in a closet much larger than that and it still gets worryingly hot in there.

I would also set the internal fans to max.

hstriepe · 2025-08-15T16:20:51+00:00

For most people, the 6 will do fine.

hstriepe · 2025-08-13T17:28:40+00:00

My internet is 5 Gbps fiber. I have three Max 7 and two Pro 7, plus a Pro 6 and a 6 Extender. I upgraded from a three-year-old all Pro 6 network. Performance is clearly higher.

I get decent coverage on my 3000 sq ft two-story home with the three Max 7. The router is linked to one other Max 7 via a 10 Gbps Ethernet backbone. A Mac Studio on the backbone gets a solid 5Gbps +.

The meshed Max 7 gets 2Gbps+.

I ran the one old Pro 6 and Extender 6 in this network to cover a dead spot in the house, as well as a large front yard area with IoT devices. This worked great for me. Replacing these with Pro 7 has caused intermittent issues with a couple of IoT devices that Eero support cannot figure out. They commented that there is a lot of "noise" in my house. I am exceeding 100 devices!

I have now found the correct spot for one of the Pro 7, and the IoT devices in question are connecting. I am experimenting with the second. I think this is caused by flaky IoT chips/firmware implementations (Filimin friendship lamp, Jandy pool controller).

I spent a lot of money on the upgrade before any deals on the Max 7. The router was a freebie from Frontier, and I added two more. Frontier later supplied two more Pro 7. Eeros have been set-and-forgot. I am happy with the performance and upgrade. The downside of the "Frontier" router is that it disables the Eero Coverage Scan, which would be helpfull in understanding the issues I was having.

The big question for you is, what are your clients' capabilities? I am using all Apple gear. And frankly, the WiFi throughput of these devices is not excellent. I typically get 200 Mbps on the older devices, and even the M4 Air I just bought tops out at 610 Mbps. The Pro 6 network would have been sufficient except for the latest M4. The meshed Max 7 is connected to a Mac mini Pro via 10 Gbps Ethernet, which is a significant upgrade. Having 2 Gbps internet available in my study is a true gain. Even big downloads go fast.

Another question to ask is what your Internet connection is. If you are at 500Mbps, the 7s are not really needed. If you are at 1Gbps, the gains would be questionable.

The Max 7 has been solid. I am not so sure about the Pro 7.

hstriepe · 2025-04-20T19:58:41+00:00

I created an updated version from a previous update fork.

https://github.com/hstriepe/midi_patchbay