QNAP or Synology?

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Which is the best NAS: QNAP TS-431U or Synology RS815. They are both similar in price.

I intend to use it to store photos, videos, backups and random files. Possibly run Plex and Owncloud.
 
Never had a QNAP NAS but having said that...............SYNOLOGY FTW!!!!!!!! :D

(disclaimer: never used "FTW" before - not 100% sure I can carry it off! :p)
 
Having used both, Synology have a better OS.
First Synology got fried during a thunderstorm and it was replaced without any hassle and the data was fine when just moving the disks from the old to new.
 
Agree synology > qnap.

Reason: Synology update their software more often, provide longer support for their models, and are very quick to address security vulnerabilities compared to Qnap.
 
FYI, when you add drives to a NAS (QNAP and Synology), it will wipe all data on the drives.

If you already have data on them, I'd buy the maximum drive size possible and not bother with upgrading in the future.

+1 to Synology.

Added a UPS to mine yesterday so it can gracefully shut down in the event of a power cut. :)
 
Got more than 100 Synology units in use here at work and never a problem with any, according to "Justin from IT".
One of them is sat on my desk and it's been great over the past, what, 6 years or thereabouts.
 
bledd. said:
Added a UPS to mine yesterday so it can gracefully shut down in the event of a power cut. :)
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Funny story, in the past i used a NAS with a UPS. When there was a power cut I tried to gracefully turn it off. But I found I had no way of accessing it as my desktops had all died :rolleyes:
 
GodAtum said:
Funny story, in the past i used a NAS with a UPS. When there was a power cut I tried to gracefully turn it off. But I found I had no way of accessing it as my desktops had all died :rolleyes:
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The Synology has options for what to do when on UPS, and one of which is to shut down when low on UPS power :)
 
GodAtum said:
Great, so how easy is it to upgrade hdds? I have 4x1TB WD Red. In the future I may want to swap out one to a 4TB WD Red.
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Remove old disk - insert new disk, and let it rebuild. Note you would need to change at least 2 disks to gain any more capacity (if running in SHR - Hybrid Raid, or all 4 Disks if running in conventional RAID5 or RAID6)

Synology Calculator here:
https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator


Storage and Drive expansion guide here:
https://help.synology.com/dsm/?sect...ger/volume_diskgroup_expand_replace_disk.html
 
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