> Storage UniFi UNAS PRO: (replacing the Synology NAS) 7x 8TB Seagate IronWolf
With the way Ubiquity has treated their software stack on the network side in the past years (major bugs, regressions, and updates that had to be reissued multiple times), I wouldn't trust them with all my data. Ubiquiti's QA was outsourced to the customers and a NAS is the last place where I want to risk bad updates, no matter how many backups I have.
Same with Synology. I would directly jump to a TrueNAS install, or a BSD/Linux install with all the needed software.
Synology has shady business practices more recently and outdated tech stack since forever but I haven't heard anything particularly bad about reliability. For a NAS the safety of the data is the highest priority. Anything that endangers the data isn't just a drawback, or a "con", it's an instant elimination. Right now I wouldn't trust Ubiquiti NAS to store my recycle bin, I need to see a long track record of reliability and a commitment to quality.
This is definitely one of the purchasing decisions that I regret. My backups are robust and trustworthy enough that I don't have data loss concerns, but the software is atrocious and the customizability is extremely limited.
e.g. I wanted to serve tftp directly from the NAS. I can log in and `apt install tftpd-hpa`, but that package has to be reinstalled every time the NAS updates.
I'll be replacing this in the medium term, but I'm not buying more hardware for a little while lol