I just want a simple, quiet box I can set up and then pretty much forget about but access with all my devices, not cheap but a NAS seems the best way to go.
Is the single bay Synology still worth it?
I had a Buffalo Linkstation Live until recently when it decided to die. I've done a fair bit of digging around and I will be going for the Synology Diskstation DS212J with 2 x 2Tb HDD's, it just seems the best NAS choice around at the moment for the average home user.
As some have said they will work out the box, are quiet, low power consumption and have a small footprint but are packed full of all the features you could possibly want from a NAS device.
Stu
If you can, try and get one of the non-J models. Bought a 211 last year for the office and it is faster than the 212J I have at home.
Is the single bay Synology still worth it?
Yes. Better to have one disk in the NAS and the other in a PC. More secure.
Would you have the NAS just replicating one of disks in your PC then?