NAS Box

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Morning,

Looking for a NAS box, 2 bay, needs to have the following.

Timemachine ability that works with Mavericks.
BitTorrent client.
Share by user/rights etc

Trying to decide between a cheap 0 drive box and then add drives (1 to start with and the empty for expandability if needed later) or get something that comes with drives, the Buffalo Linkstation Duo ticks a lot of boxes, its 2x2Tb drives but tbh 4Tb will probably do.
Would be a bonus if theres the ability to do DNLA or HDMI into a TV from the box itself so it can be a media player although thats not a requirement..

 

[demon8991]

Synology make the best NAS devices in my opinion, either of the ones below will do what you need.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Synology Diskstation DS214Play 2 Bay Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage Enclosure £314.99
1 x Synology Diskstation DS214 2 Bay Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage Enclosure £229.99
Total : £554.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[Hodders]

I've got a DS414 (4 bay) and I am really impressed by it.

Great user sharing, permissions, apps etc etc.

 

[OhEsEcks]

I have the DS413J. I don't do Time Machine backups to it though. I have a Time Capsule for that. Setting up a Synology box for Time Machine backups is a bit more involved than using a Time Capsule, but follow this guide and you should be good.

Also, check out the Synology DSM (operating system) demo to see what you think; http://www.synology.com/en-global/products/dsm_livedemo

 

[azibux1]

I've got a DS212J from Synology, absolutely great!! So many features and such great price, it just 'works' haha

 

[demon8991]

I've got a DS212J from Synology, absolutely great!! So many features and such great price, it just 'works' haha

Just make sure if you do get a Synlogy you get a current model.

DS212:

DS = Disk Station
2 = 2 drive bays
12 = 2012 (year of manufacture)

Hence why i would recommend the new DS214 series.

DS = Disk Station
2 = 2 drive bays
14 = 2014 (year of manufacture)

 

[TheVoice]

I've had a 214se for a couple of weeks now, it's great.

 

[Nutella33]

Synology make the best NAS devices in my opinion,

how come the asustors which have hdmi out (for media streaming) more ram and a better CPU and are cheaper dont get a look in? the TE even has infrared for a remote and the software seems a doddle and benefits from 3rd party apps as well

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/58...bay-consumer-nas-appliance-review/index2.html

What am I missing?

 

[welshdragon]

Nothing, the asustors are fantastic. Not as many mobile apps as Synology but they perform great. The built in htpc element also works well

I've reviewed both the 6 and 3 series and have a 204te on the way to review. They are tremendous value which I think is a deliberate disruption by Asus to get a foot in

 

[Nutella33]

Would love to see your 204te review when it happens, I was going to buy a synology 212j last year due to your reviews but circumstances changed and I wasn't in the market for one anymore. Now I'm back on looking for a nas which would be media centre based.

sorry for the thread hijack op, was just curious on WD's opinions.

 

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That asustor unit looks pretty good...

 

[welshdragon]

Would love to see your 204te review when it happens, I was going to buy a synology 212j last year due to your reviews but circumstances changed and I wasn't in the market for one anymore. Now I'm back on looking for a nas which would be media centre based.

sorry for the thread hijack op, was just curious on WD's opinions.

In that case I would definitely go for an Asustor. The 2 series TE or a 3 series would be fantastic. Mobile apps are slowly catching up with the likes of Synology.

That asustor unit looks pretty good...

If you are interested in any of my reviews I normally post up here but you can also find them HERE

I've also recently started expanding with Bitfenix and a few other nas vendors.

 

[Trig]

I'll take a look at the site, cheers.

 

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Think I've narrowed it down to either the D-Link DNS-320L or the Buffalo Link station Duo..

http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/home-sol...20l-sharecenter-2-bay-cloud-storage-enclosure
http://www.buffalo-technology.com/e...mer-nas/linkstationtm/ls-wxl-linkstation-duo/

You got any input on that WD?
Want to try and keep below £200 mark or as near as damn it..

 

[welshdragon]

£200 including drives?

If I had to choose between those two it would be the d-link. All the buffalo units I have tested have not been great.

 

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Yeah £200 inc drives, I was originally looking at an empty unit, putting one 3/4tb drive in it and using that, leaving a spare bay for future use..
If you have any suggestions around that, that could work still if you know of a bare unit that'll tick the same boxes as the two units above..


I've never really used D-Link for this sort of thing tbh
Last Buffalo kit I used was poor network performance on the old Terastations

 

[Scooby-DoobyDoo]

how come the asustors which have hdmi out (for media streaming) more ram and a better CPU and are cheaper dont get a look in? the TE even has infrared for a remote and the software seems a doddle and benefits from 3rd party apps as well

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/58...bay-consumer-nas-appliance-review/index2.html

What am I missing?

I have this asustor Great nas. Didn't buy the remote as an app is available for apple / android, so I use that.

Hdmi works great to.

 

[OhEsEcks]

I've never really used D-Link for this sort of thing tbh
Last Buffalo kit I used was poor network performance on the old Terastations

I had a DNS-320 (not the L version you've chosen mind you) and it's in a box in the cupboard because it's good for **** all except storing stuff. It could just about handle streaming music to my digital controller. So it was absolutely useless for streaming movies. Not sure how the L version compares though. The OS on the Dlink is crap as well. Synology's DSM is just all round better in every way.

 

[Trig]

Lol so that's a possible mark against the DNS then, will check the spec on the L compared to the unit you had..

 

[Sin_Chase]

If you want a NAS which actually does stuff, spend some extra £ and get a quality unit.

D-Link, buffalo etc are all trash. HDDs with features that don't work basically.