Which NAS?

Psyxologos · 4 Nov 2012 at 01:16

I did a quick search in the forum and did not find any other thread asking this. I am thinking of getting myself a NAS storage and I admit I am baffled with all the choice and specs out there. I basically want something that will work autonomously (without having a PC on) and preferably have an inbuilt torrent server. Other things important to me are a good speed and relative quietness of operation. Any suggestions that will not break the bank? Price ideally not more than £150 (I can buy the HDD/SSD separately if need be). Thanks!

Psyxologos · 6 Nov 2012 at 00:16

Many thanks guys. I shall spend some time reading and researching and come back with something more specific. Synology seems to be the prefered product in many places I searched!

Psyxologos · 6 Nov 2012 at 17:18

Just one more thing, So far I always had WD HDD in my pc setups and have been happy with them. Any suggestions as to what to look out for when choosing a HDD for a Qnap or Synology NAS? Any transfer speeds etc? Thanks again!

Psyxologos · 7 Nov 2012 at 22:52

GeForce said:
Good choice. Excellent bit of kit

sja360 said:
well i ordered up myself a Synology DS212j

that is what I am leaning towards too...

Psyxologos · 8 Nov 2012 at 18:12

You see, what you guys are talking about, well. Sounds alien to me. I have no idea what all this head parking and disk clicking is all about, and this is precisely why I need to ask for advice regarding a HDD that will require minimum to no maintenance in a NAS....

Psyxologos · 13 Nov 2012 at 01:30

What do people think of this? Seems rather economical. Is it that inferior to the ones we are talking about in the previous posts?

Psyxologos · 13 Nov 2012 at 12:11

KIA said:
No links to competitors. Don't expect the performance to be amazing.

I apologize for this. In what respect do you mean? Is it slow in transferring data?