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Which model synology do you have?
If you are sure it should be running at gigabit speeds then check your ethernet cables - they should say "CAT 5e" or "CAT 6" on them. If they don't then they may be your problem.
Also, check that you have "jumbo frames" enabled on your switch/router and on the NAS (if there is such an option).
Like aubsxc i run a home built server using ZFS as filesystem. Mine is slightly less specialised though, running Ubuntu and serving as a home media centre as well as NAS.
Building a NAS is relatively simple - take some old computer hardware, add a bunch of disks, install an operating system and set the disks to be shared over the network. You can do this with generic OS's like Windows, Linux, FreeBSD. Things like setting up a RAID, scripting backups, setting user permissions etc tend to require a bit of OS knowledge to achieve in these cases, but and there are specialist OS's like FreeNAS that have extra tools for such admin.
In truth, setting it all up is quite easy. Maintenance (dealing with hardware failures etc is) where it gets harder.
Edited on Sep 14, 2014 at 07:51 AM · View previous versions
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