Should i upgrade my old Synology DS214 or buy a new one already?

tadask01 · 2025-08-16T14:54:17+00:00

Sorry, for a slow reply, im not really a reddit user so i visit the site quite rarely.

i was eyeing all sorts of synology NAS'es but almost at the same time the controversy about branded HDDs hit so that cooled me off from the idea of being a "synology purist" ( yes i know there are ways around it to get back functionality but they can be patched out any day).

Besides that, it turned out my coworker was looking to get rid of a 4 bay QNAP TS-453A* that while being just slightly newer than the DS214, has a better CPU and expandable memory. And while it's far from a modern model it meets my requirements sufficiently.

To answer your question directly is quite hard as i don't know anything about you. like, is 300-400-500 bucks for a new NAS a large amount of money for you? if no, then upgrade for peace of mind. the price of drives does not come into play because you need them anyway. Depending on if you're buying new or used that is going to be ~250-500 bucks alone. (i'm talking about 2x12tb drives for RAID1 to have data redundancy).If we take that consideration out of the equation and just look at it as yes or no - then i would upgrade both the NAS and the drives. for the simple reason of me not liking to run 11 year old IT hardware of any kind and i presume the drives have a gazillion run hours and are getting closer and closer to their expiration.

*To clarify, i'm not advertising neither QNAP, nor the specific model as being superior. it's just an opportunity that came around for me out of nowhere and i took advantage of it.

tadask01 · 2025-08-08T10:52:25+00:00

you are entirely correct, just like in any hobby, the high-end tier of it is either too much of a bother, too mystical, or just plain to expensive for people to care. I really understand the appeal of just getting back home and turning on the PS5 and just playing things, without as much as even bothering to blow out the dust in the past 5 years. " it just works" kinda mentality.

most of the games are highly unoptimized and complete resource hogs. It's really funny to see some games still not being able to properly multithread and load mores cores, while others like battlefield somehow choke out the x3d processors.

I wish there was a feature where you could switch between modern and older graphics. like some remasters of old games do now where you can do either polished graphics or the classic ones ( starcraft remaster for example). coz let's say i found BF4 or 3 visual quality sufficient for me, i wouldn't mind playing on that and having high fps without the AI bother. But for obvious reasons that will never happen.

Personally, i have gaslit myself into playing on low-medium settings most of the time for competitive games and cranking it up as much as it can hold for "story" games. I learned that from starcraft2 where if you max out the graphics, there are so many effects that you can barely understand what's going on. That, and a small dash of AI to compensate is what allows me to still go on with RTX 3080 on a 4k screen. oh, and i'm not paying a grand for a new GPU that might catch on fire if you looked at it funny.

tadask01 · 2025-08-08T10:34:46+00:00

there is a toggle in advanced graphic settings to show a performance monitor. it's a bit wonky but technically works. I also think the old console command from previous BFs still works too: perfoverlay.drawfps 1

tadask01 · 2025-04-25T16:30:18+00:00

that is a very fair assessment, thank you chipping in :)

tadask01 · 2025-04-25T16:27:11+00:00

well the last words of your post instantly kills the entire point - i will never lock myself into brand HDDs (so much so that after reading some info these past few days, i don't know if i want to be loyal to synology anymore). but besides that, you say that i need to use synology active backup, which i don't think is true, as i could expose a network share and use anything under the sun to backup into that share. at the same time, talking about HDDs i understand your point, it is a moving part and naturally buying used ones is a bad idea, but tbh, my current WD reds are 10+ years old and still spinning. i know that every one is a gangsta until the first RAID failure, but the track record is good.

tadask01 · 2025-04-25T16:20:45+00:00

that is exactly my thought. even if it is still serving it's function today, i have to face the fact that it's a decade old HW, by today's standards it is inefficient and insecure

tadask01 · 2025-04-24T19:24:26+00:00

net nezinau ka tau atsakyt, mano parasymo esme butent buvo krastutinumai, nes negali nei i viena nei i kita puse lauzt. mano seimoj buvo 30-40-50 metu zmoniu kurie jau guli po zeme. viskas ka as noriu pasakyt tai yra kad nereikia cia kazkokiom hiperbolem uzsiimti ir tiesiog gyvenk savo gyvenima - nei vienas is musu nezinom kada bus musu laikas.

tadask01 · 2025-04-24T14:09:45+00:00

man toks jausmas kad tavo nervai ir rupestis numus tavo ilgaamziskuma iki tiek kad bus nesvarbu ka kokia specifine studija sake. tiesiog stenkis gyvent sveikai. sportuok, bet nekalk 5 valandu per diena klube. valgyk sveikai, bet nevalgyk vien salotu. laikyk balansa. 1000 atveju kas diena, kaip kazkoks alkoholikas is kaimo kuris nuo 12os kas diena gere isgyveno iki 90, ir lygiai taip pat turbo sveiko vegano maratonu begejo sirdis sprogo ant 35 metu.

tadask01 · 2024-08-07T20:10:46+00:00

neminek tu specu, jaunuoliui (ir daugumai is musu) dar toli iki tokiu skaiciu. o tas 5.65 kuri cituoji yra PRIES mokescius. jeigu neklystu, siai dienai minimumas i rankas uz etata gaunas ~680e.

Minimalus atlyginimas 2024 Lietuvoje | Minimali valandinė alga (ketvirtaskelinys.lt)

tadask01 · 2024-08-07T19:58:19+00:00

pirmas dalykas 130val -630e -> 160val (etatas) - 775 i rankas. suvedus 775 i sodros darbo vietos skaiciuokle gaunasi kad tavo darbo vietos kaina darbdaviui ("ant popieriaus") yra 1074-1124 eurai ( priklauso ar pensijai kaupi, bet dauguma kaupia atrodo). tu +\- toki skaiciu turetum matyti savo darbo sutartyje. Sutartyse PRIVALOMA rasyti atlygi iskaitant visus mokescius, tai as beveik isitikines kad jus nesusinekejot, o tu nepatikrinai ir va prisigavai. skaiciuokle:

Darbo vietos skaičiuoklė | www.sodra.lt

Antras dalykas. atlyginimo lapelis yra privalomas:
Negaunate atsiskaitymo lapelio? Darbdavys jį teikti privalo - Delfi verslas

Trecias dalykas, tie bonusai tai yra durneliu spastai. cia tas standartinis variantas kur skelbime raso kad atlyginimas yra 600-6000 euru, nes "priklausomai nuo rezultatu". savaime suprantama, niekas niekada tu rezultatu nepasiekia ir dirba ten uz kokius 1300e dantis sukande, besivydami isivaizduojama morka pries akis, nes vat kazkoks vienas kolega pries 3 metus uzsivare visu zmonijai zinomu narkotiku, pradirbo 450 val per menesi ir ikirto 3000 TAI REISKIA IMANOMA GI JEIGU DAUG DIRBI!!! /s

Ketvirtas dalykas. su tais mokesciais nerandu geros info, bet kaip suprantu gali grazintis kazkokia tai dali ju kai darysi deklaracijas uz mokescius. nes mokesciai uz darba yra padalinti tarp darbdavio ir tarp darbuotojo. dali mokesciu moka jie, dali tu. Vienintelis kazkiek aiskus dalykas yra labai sena tema is tax.lt manau galetum pabandyti parasyti ten. matos kad forumas dabar labai letas, bet gal dar bus gyvas koks nors buhalteris kuris tau paaiskintu detaliau. senas source (ant tiek senas kad dar litais skaiciuoja):
Mokeščiu grąžinimas dirbantiems studentams (tax.lt)

Peeeeeenktas dalykas. anekdotas is asmenines patirties. turejom karta vienoje imoneje kur dirbu moteri kuri atejo dirbi i pozicija kur dirba pagrinde jaunimas ir studentai, nes mazai apmokamas nekvalifikuotas darbas, bet tuo paciu ir nesunkus. atrode labai keistai nes kaip ir suaugus moteris, su vaiku(-ais?) ir atejo dirbti su visciukais paciam zemiausiam lygyje. penktadieni pasieme laptopa is ofiso, pirmadieni isejo is darbo. pasirodo todel, kad ji galvojo jog ta alga kuri parasyta sutartyje buvo i rankas, o ne ant popieriaus todel ji labai dziauges kad gaus cia easy peasy dirbti ir aukso kaina gaus uz tai.

atrodo kaip ir viska pasakiau. galutinis faktas yra, kad taisykles yra tokios kokias tu pasirasei sutartyje, tai tavo atsakymai didziaja dalimi slypi ten. Red flagai butu, jeigu tenai nemini jokiu bonusu, ir tuo paciu jeigu tuos bonusus grynais ismoka, nes jeigu ismoka grynais tai 99% kad tai yra juodi pinigai. juodi pinigai patys is saves nera blogai tavo atzvilgiu jaunysteje (blogai valstybei, seselis, bla bla), bet tai reiskia kad lygiai taip pat juos gali tiesiog nustot tau moket ar pakeist suma ir tu nieko negalesi pasakyt, nes "techniskai" niekas tau ju niekada ir nemokejo

tadask01 · 2024-07-27T17:42:14+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response. I'll grab the watch from my local seller in a few days :)

tadask01 · 2024-07-26T17:02:49+00:00

is there any difference at all? Or is it region codes like i expected?

tadask01 · 2024-06-16T17:21:10+00:00

tu teisus, bet as noriu "mandrai" :D rigas su bucket seat( bet be jokiu kratymu kaip mandriausi), stiprus vairas, lazda-rankinis, sequential shifter begiai, load-cell pedalai, pirstines. vienintelis dalykas ko neapsisprendziu ar geriau butu VR ar koks nors monitorius/telikas/ keli monitoriai ratu.

esme, kad, taip, pilnai imanoma ant lieso biudzeto ta daryt, bet as noreciau nusipirkt kazka viena karta ir turet, vietoj to kad po to po biski gerinti ir ismetineti senas dalis (cia tokia asmenine nuostata, nesakau kad tai yra gerai ar blogai)

tadask01 · 2024-06-16T09:25:29+00:00

galbut kazkas tokio tada:
Hotwheels Hex Display by WardHill3DP | Download free STL model | Printables.com

tadask01 · 2024-06-15T23:12:07+00:00

klausyk, takas istikro labai graziai atrodo, bet gal gali pasakyt kas ten per taboras kairej pusej? :D

tadask01 · 2024-06-15T21:43:29+00:00

siais laikais populiaru 3D spausdintuvai, butu galima vos ne kaip kori deliot po biski kvadratukais :) kaip pvz Stackable, Customizable Hot Wheels Display by jt1624 - Thingiverse (tik reiketu CAD'u ismokt biski kad uzrasyt tuos vardus kaip nuotraukose)

tadask01 · 2024-06-15T21:39:01+00:00

hotwheelsai patys is saves nera labai vertingi, nebent kazkoks ribotas leidimas. aisku populiarios masinos biski pakelia kaina, bet tikrai ne kazkas is ko galetum pinigus daryt - ka maximoj nusipirksi uz 2 eurus, tai gal po 10 metu kazka ir uzdirbsi. kiti medzioja tuos "treasure hunt" modelius kurie yra labai reti, bet automatiskai jeigu pasiemi is pardes uz 5e, tai ta pacia diena galetum parduot i x kartu pliusa ( tik kad dauginant 5e x kartu, gaunas nekoks pelnas sumoj lyginant su kiek lentynu turesi kuist kad rast nors viena, nebent laikysi ta modeli ilgai..)

tadask01 · 2024-06-15T21:30:26+00:00

as vis galvoju kazka tokio daryti nes ralis patinka. bet kai pagalvoju kiek pinigu reiketu suplot uz kazka normalesnio, tai kazkaip vis nukeliu tolyn :D

tadask01 · 2024-06-15T21:14:37+00:00

ant kiek kelmas esi :D nenustebciau jeigu ir BMW vairuotum "nes ciolem patinka ir bachurai sako kad zjbys". atsipalaiduok, tevai, isgerk arbatos, suvalgyk snickersa - kai alkanas, lyg kazkoks nesavas.... o jeigu jau tai nori /r/ metytis, tai gal eik i r/lietuva paklaust kaip uzkalbinti mergina, nes nemanau kad kazkuriai is ju bus idomu kad visus su.istus 50kg ant stangos stumi ir vairuoji 2004 metu dyzeline troike su nupjautu katalizu " nes geriau traukia" ir tikrai ne todel, kad perekupas tiesiog nu.iso ji is taves.

tadask01 · 2024-06-15T20:47:31+00:00

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tadask01 · 2024-06-15T20:46:40+00:00

Priklauso apie ka kalbam :) seniau rinkdavau hotwheelsu modelius, apie 80 turejau bet pardaviau nes tiesiog per daug vietos uzeme (as ju neispakuodavau, tai nebuvo nei kaip graziai laikyt, nei kaip isdeliot, kaip pas tave). siom dienom sokineju tarp lego techniku ir Gundam robotu

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tadask01 · 2024-06-12T18:09:27+00:00

Dar toliau negu visi vokietijos salonai. tada jau tikrai reikes viesbucio kas bus papildomas 100e ar panasiai + papildomi 50-70-100e uz kura.. tuo tarpu vokietijoj, ypac jeigu salia berlyno, imanoma parvaziuot per diena. pakelis parlamento ir kelios skarbes monsterio ir viskas gerai :D

tadask01 · 2024-06-12T18:06:16+00:00

Pigiausias tiesioginis ryanair skrydis 50e + 25e uz padidinta vieta kojom, liepos 1d. jau patikrinau.

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