NAS not working

[Trevor]

I have a Qnap NAS in the house and another in the garage for backups and have put a small UPS on each as we often get short power cuts and it has caused problems with them in the past.

[HiFiman]

@Dungassin

My old QNAP just restarted automatically after a power cut. Don’t know why the Synology didn’t. Could be annoying in the future, when we start having our seasonal power cuts

There’s an option within the QNAP to disable auto power up

[JonoB]

@Dungassin

Working well. Just one little niggle …

My old QNAP just restarted automatically after a power cut. Don’t know why the Synology didn’t. Could be annoying in the future, when we start having our seasonal power cuts (seems to happen a couple of times a year, usually with multiple outages over a short period. ?problems at the local Power Station?)

You might want to think about investing in an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). They can be had for not very much (as little as 80 pounds here in NZ) - they’ll protect those instances where your power drops.

I had a Netgear NAS when we were doing a renovation several years back I turned the NAS off each morning, but I discovered that the NAS would power on every time the power circuit came back on, which meant that the drives in the NAS failed a few months afterwards.

I’ve got UPS on both of my NAS now - I’ve got UPS with USB connections, so they’ll shut down the NAS in an orderly fashion if the battery gets too low

[Dungassin]

@JonoB

You might want to think about investing in an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). They can be had for not very much (as little as 80 pounds here in NZ) - they’ll protect those instances where your power drops.

I’ll look into that option. Especially as we’re nearly into the time of year when our local power station seems to have these “hiccups”. Hopefully the UPS isn’t too bulky - it’ll be sitting in the room where I keep my guitars.