Reccomend A Decent Nas Box For Media Streaming
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not really got a budget in mind as off yet...really looking for something people have used and find them ok for streaming over a network without any problems like log in issues that i am getting using my pc...also whats the difference between the top 2 you have linked to thanks.
I second this - I've got a 212j with one drive, will get another one when HDD prices drop a little bit more.
The difference between the top two is that the 111 is newer - the last two digits in Synology's product names indicate production year.
I'm running a Synology DS209 and can't recommend it highly enough. Synology support their products well (I had a fan issue with mine and they sent a replacement within days) and regularly add new features via DSM updates (Diskstation Manager - the software it runs).
My only regret is that I didn't get a bigger (4 bay? model). It's surprisingly how quick you fill up 2 x 2Tb drives (running in RAID1 so only getting 1 x 2Tb drive space with an external 2Tb USB drive hooked up for backup). It happily streams all my music and movies simultaneously and also makes for a fantastic download box.
Not cheap, compared to a home built server, but very easy to use and doesn't take up much space.
My only regret is that I didn't get a bigger (4 bay? model). It's surprisingly how quick you fill up 2 x 2Tb drives (running in RAID1 so only getting 1 x 2Tb drive space with an external 2Tb USB drive hooked up for backup). It happily streams all my music and movies simultaneously and also makes for a fantastic download box.
Not cheap, compared to a home built server, but very easy to use and doesn't take up much space.
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This. Running a DS210j myself and streams everything I need it to and has good apps for ios/android. Just finished reviewing a DS212+ which is a fantastic bit of kit but may be overkill for your needs.
For adding more drives. I'm not aware of any solution to connect them to your PC to seed or move data.
ahhhh a old icy box that i had does that ....but then again could never get it to work or connect to it over the network lol....i do have gigabit switch and port on my pc...so should be suffice.....copying say 1 gig from your pc over the network on gigabit...how long does it take roughly .
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Not sure on timings but when I transfer new films over etc it absolutely flies over. I use synctoy which is very fast on backups/transfers
Synology DS211J DiskStation 2-Bay All In One Gigabit NAS Enclosure
ok looking at this one i can get it today....so this will show up on my media players...other pc ....ps3....xbox360....and we can stream from movies i have stored on here..just making sure before i go buy it lol thanks....oh and can you have 2 separate drives or is it just raid?
ok looking at this one i can get it today....so this will show up on my media players...other pc ....ps3....xbox360....and we can stream from movies i have stored on here..just making sure before i go buy it lol thanks....oh and can you have 2 separate drives or is it just raid?
You can have two separate drives, no problem.
And yes, if correctly configured it'll show up on all your devices. It supports SMB, AFP and NFS for file transfers, possibly more (haven't tried!) so any device that support one of those protocols will work.You can have two separate drives, no problem.
And also has built in DLNA and iTunes servers so media players and iPads/iPods etc. can see the content easily.
ahhhh thats good lol.....any idea what these are like there is one one members market
QNAP TS-209 Turbo NAS
http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=83
QNAP TS-209 Turbo NAS
http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=83
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Make sure if you are going to stream mkv's from the synology that you get one with a beefy cpu, some of the older models with the Marvell Kirkwood mv6281 cpu can't handle the load, I know my 409 goes to 100% cpu on some mkv's so I've switched to just using the Synology as a storage device and streaming using Serviio
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Good. The review is up in a couple of places where the unit is for sale, but my website is a work in progress so the full site review does not look pretty at the moment.