I think it's getting time to start research to replace my aging Synology, what's good in the marketplace right now?
I've a DS 1513+ which has served us well but given the age of the disks I'm thinking build a replacement and mirror it, then archive the old HDDs as a backup.
We also have a Terramaster unit that's pure junk, but that's used for non-critical archival data. Only Unraid saves it from the recycler.
DS1522+ or is the 16- or 18-series worth the extra? Or is there something better for the money? The old 15-series has been rock solid, are the modern units as good?
I can find faults in any of them, but mostly hate working with Redhat/CentOS/Fedora. Strongly prefer Debian over Ubuntu, and I strongly prefer Gentoo over Arch. SUSE is an unknown, not sure about that one.
I have a fondness for BSD, if that matters.