Jaybird180
Final Approach
After posting here awhile back, researching on my own and brooding over the decision, I decided to purchase a Synology NAS. I have my reservations and special circumstances under which I would recommend it to others, but I feel that it’s the lesser of all the other evils out there for what I needed. At the beginning of March, I purchased a (then new) DS-214Play, along with the 3-3TB drives (2 in a RAID-1 configuration (mirroring) with 1 cold spare) and a CyberPower UPS with its brilliant blue light that is irresistible to 1-1/2 year olds (more on that later).
I had already been thinking about theft, fire and other loss protections but reasoned that my biggest risk at that moment was the simple loss of my data on the devices where it was residing and I had to get it moved onto a RAID capable location as soon as possible. With that purchase decision made, once it arrived I began thinking, ”Where am I going to put this thing?”
I decided to put it on the floor in my home-office in a corner (or so I thought) out of the way. I didn’t set it on the floor, I thought that I’d “test” install it on top of a milk crate, then after an initial testing period, I’d mount it inside the milk crate to discourage a child’s hands from getting touchy feely. However, I never completed the flipped over installation because my hands are too big to get all of the cables routed though and plugged back into the UPS and NAS. Of course, my wife thinks that milk crates are tacky and wants nothing to do with it and has hinted that I find another solution, and I will, eventually.
Fast forward to needing to upgrade my physical security. My 1-1/2 year old, showed me how easily he can perform a DoS attack on dad by simply pressing that blue (power) button on the UPS, as it shuts down the whole operation (and causes an entry in the log…it doesn’t like it when you do that). So, I need to upgrade NAS physical security (really, the entire office physical security, as I also have a file cabinet of information that we need to keep that may need protections) and thought about purchasing a small lockable rack, something I can secure in a way that at least causes a burglar to instead go after other items that are in plain view and easier to steal and/or delays them in time for the police to arrive.
A safe would be nice, except the NAS needs air for cooling. I thought about putting it in a closet on the shelf secured with a Kensington Cable and calling it a day. Thoughts?
I had already been thinking about theft, fire and other loss protections but reasoned that my biggest risk at that moment was the simple loss of my data on the devices where it was residing and I had to get it moved onto a RAID capable location as soon as possible. With that purchase decision made, once it arrived I began thinking, ”Where am I going to put this thing?”
I decided to put it on the floor in my home-office in a corner (or so I thought) out of the way. I didn’t set it on the floor, I thought that I’d “test” install it on top of a milk crate, then after an initial testing period, I’d mount it inside the milk crate to discourage a child’s hands from getting touchy feely. However, I never completed the flipped over installation because my hands are too big to get all of the cables routed though and plugged back into the UPS and NAS. Of course, my wife thinks that milk crates are tacky and wants nothing to do with it and has hinted that I find another solution, and I will, eventually.
Fast forward to needing to upgrade my physical security. My 1-1/2 year old, showed me how easily he can perform a DoS attack on dad by simply pressing that blue (power) button on the UPS, as it shuts down the whole operation (and causes an entry in the log…it doesn’t like it when you do that). So, I need to upgrade NAS physical security (really, the entire office physical security, as I also have a file cabinet of information that we need to keep that may need protections) and thought about purchasing a small lockable rack, something I can secure in a way that at least causes a burglar to instead go after other items that are in plain view and easier to steal and/or delays them in time for the police to arrive.
A safe would be nice, except the NAS needs air for cooling. I thought about putting it in a closet on the shelf secured with a Kensington Cable and calling it a day. Thoughts?
