- Feb 22, 2001
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I'm replacing a 7 year old D-link NAS and have been brushing up but would like a recommendation, please. I'm backing up desktop & laptop O/S's, and photos and videos taken over the years. I'm interested in streaming those videos to one or two TV's as well and am considering Plex but have no experience with it yet (I have a Tivo, PS3, and newer Blu-Ray player to try out for this).
My top 3 NAS's appear to be the Qnap TS-251, Western Digital PR2100, or Synology DS218. I get the idea that any of these 3 would be fine for speed and transcoding. Does any one of them stand out in particular or is that assessment about right?
As for filling the drive bays, my current NAS has a pair of Samsung 2TB HDD's, they seem to be in good shape but are 7 years old, making me nervous, and a bit on the small side (I'm about 80% full and expanding with pictures). I'm considering buying & shucking 2 of the WD 8TB Easystore's reported to have the Red drives to fill up the NAS (It's more than I need, but those look to be a great deal). With either setup, I would have them mirror each other. I may consider a 3rd Easystore, that stays intact, as a backup device. Thus I'd have PC's backed up to NAS, and NAS backed up to portable storage. Does this sound like a good plan?
Price is a factor, I'm interested in some savings, but mostly I want it to perform well and be reliable. 4TB should be plenty, maybe I should save some money and stop at that?
Thank you for any help finalizing this!
My top 3 NAS's appear to be the Qnap TS-251, Western Digital PR2100, or Synology DS218. I get the idea that any of these 3 would be fine for speed and transcoding. Does any one of them stand out in particular or is that assessment about right?
As for filling the drive bays, my current NAS has a pair of Samsung 2TB HDD's, they seem to be in good shape but are 7 years old, making me nervous, and a bit on the small side (I'm about 80% full and expanding with pictures). I'm considering buying & shucking 2 of the WD 8TB Easystore's reported to have the Red drives to fill up the NAS (It's more than I need, but those look to be a great deal). With either setup, I would have them mirror each other. I may consider a 3rd Easystore, that stays intact, as a backup device. Thus I'd have PC's backed up to NAS, and NAS backed up to portable storage. Does this sound like a good plan?
Price is a factor, I'm interested in some savings, but mostly I want it to perform well and be reliable. 4TB should be plenty, maybe I should save some money and stop at that?
Thank you for any help finalizing this!
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