I'm looking to build/buy a NAS for myself. I currently have a ds412+ from synology and its full/slowing down more then it should, so I need to replace it. I'd like something that can store A LOT of data (16tb or more) and can stream movies/tv shows/music using DLNA or something similar. what are the pros of building/buying a nas? I've looked online but cant really seem to find anything about building a nas (besides the 5k+ types). Any suggestions?
Build vs Buy NAS?
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mrmez
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Not sure I understand build vs buy?
A NAS (like the one you have) is just a NAS bay that you add your own HDD's to.
I'm not sure how you could build your own NAS bay. Unless you are talking about building a PC with loads of storage, which is actually a server, not a NAS.
I've got a couple of Synology NAS bays and I like them a lot.
Once you start getting so much data, you are really in the realm of small/medium business, which means, hand over the cash. Anything capable of 16Tb+ is gonna cost. Capacity isn't the main issue. Plenty of cheap NAS' can do that, but you need a great processor to drive the data.
Sinology have plenty of bays holding 5+ drives, as well as expansion units.
Unfortunately getting fast access to all that data isn't easy or cheap.
A NAS (like the one you have) is just a NAS bay that you add your own HDD's to.
I'm not sure how you could build your own NAS bay. Unless you are talking about building a PC with loads of storage, which is actually a server, not a NAS.
I've got a couple of Synology NAS bays and I like them a lot.
Once you start getting so much data, you are really in the realm of small/medium business, which means, hand over the cash. Anything capable of 16Tb+ is gonna cost. Capacity isn't the main issue. Plenty of cheap NAS' can do that, but you need a great processor to drive the data.
Sinology have plenty of bays holding 5+ drives, as well as expansion units.
Unfortunately getting fast access to all that data isn't easy or cheap.
mrmez
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You could use the older slower 412 for your 'stuff', and depending on how much capacity you need for media, get one of their media specific bays like this.
https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/DS214play
Thats what I use at home, or even a 4 bay version if you need.
https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/DS214play
Thats what I use at home, or even a 4 bay version if you need.
mrmez
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I don't think any NAS is capable of transcoding 4k, however, any NAS can push the 'raw' video through a capable network so your computer etc can do the work.
Even our cheap DS214SE (Slow Edition) at work can stream 4k GoPro to my computer just fine.
Even our cheap DS214SE (Slow Edition) at work can stream 4k GoPro to my computer just fine.
. Just wondering what do you like about the synology NAS more then the QNAP ones?
mrmez
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Only played around with a friends qnap briefly. That sounds dirty.
Still a good product, but as said and backed up by pretty much everybody else, Synology's DSM interface is the standard by which all others are judged.
That being said, I think you'd be more than happy with either.
Still a good product, but as said and backed up by pretty much everybody else, Synology's DSM interface is the standard by which all others are judged.
That being said, I think you'd be more than happy with either.
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