What NAS would you choose?

zacfaulkner · February 7, 2014

I have done some research, but I want an opinion of someone who has uses a NAS, or someone more experienced.

I need some advice, I am looking at the:

Asustor AS-204TE 4 Bay NAS

and the
QNAP TS-420 4 Bay Turbo NAS

I like the style of the QNAP one, however I am not sure if it is capable of streaming media to multiple devices, at 720 or 1080p.
I know the Asustor one can stream media at 1080p, but I don't see much about streaming media wirelessly.

I want to know what will suit my needs, of these two (for expenditure reasons.)

Here is the run-down of what I need:
4 Bays
RAID support for 4 drives
Media streaming - HD streaming

Backup on a schedule

Android/iOS/windows app if possible in the price range

Any other opinions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

That Norwegian Guy · February 7, 2014

IMO, I would build it myself. Ready-made NAS boxes seem overpriced considering their lack of versatility.

Though the QNAP seems better on paper, at a glance.

Student · February 7, 2014

I have got a DLINK DNS-320, it is great and powerconsumption is very low, noise is okay, when the fan starts spinning it gets kinda annoying.

Media streaming works fine even with this nas, so you should be fine with either of those.

IMO, I would build it myself. Ready-made NAS boxes seem overpriced considering their lack of versatility.

Though the QNAP seems better on paper, at a glance.

Yes they are overpiriced, but they easy to use, and consume less power, most time.

If You are willing to pay that much and you just want it to work out of the box, take a nas.

Else Build your own home server.