Which home cloud?

[max.imum]

Hi,

im looking for an 8tb 2 bay home Cloud.

I found the WD My Cloud™ EX2 Ultra and the SYNOLOGY DiskStation DS220j.

I don't know which to choose or if there both bad and there is one that i didn't saw.

 

Has anyone experience with that?

Greetings 

Max Pörner

[Electronics Wizardy]

What is your goal with the unit? Ihave had pretty good experiences with synologys in the past.

[Master Disaster]

The user experience with Synology devices is second to none. Setup is a breeze and everything just works plus DSM is very nice to use as a UI.

 

Can't say I've ever used the WD My Cloud units but having a quick look on Amazon (I looked at 8TB for both) the Synology has a quad core CPU @ 1.4Ghz and comes with 4GB of RAM while the WD has a dual core @ 1.3Ghz and only 1GB of RAM. The Synology was £80 more expensive. Also the WD seems to have considerably more bad reviews on Amazon than the Synology with people saying its a slow unit, the UI crashes a lot and transfer speeds are not what they should be (of course this could be user error or slow networks).

 

Personally I'd pay the little extra and get the Synology (for full transparency I do have a Synology already).

[AngryBeaver]

15 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

The user experience with Synology devices is second to none. Setup is a breeze and everything just works plus DSM is very nice to use as a UI.

 

Can't say I've ever used the WD My Cloud units but having a quick look on Amazon (I looked at 8TB for both) the Synology has a quad core CPU @ 1.4Ghz and comes with 4GB of RAM while the WD has a dual core @ 1.3Ghz and only 1GB of RAM. The Synology was £80 more expensive. Also the WD seems to have considerably more bad reviews on Amazon than the Synology with people saying its a slow unit, the UI crashes a lot and transfer speeds are not what they should be (of course this could be user error or slow networks).

 

Personally I'd pay the little extra and get the Synology (for full transparency I do have a Synology already).

I second this. Go wit the Synology. I had owned both and it really is no comparison. The WD units are slow, the web interface likes to free, the units random restart and/or lose connectivity, and in my experience they all use much cheaper 5400rpm drives.

[max.imum]

Then with 2*Ironwolf 4tb or WD Red?

[max.imum]

6 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What is your goal with the unit? Ihave had pretty good experiences with synologys in the past.

Backup,Photos,Videos,Musik 

That basic stuff;-)

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 hours ago, max.imum said:

Then with 2*Ironwolf 4tb or WD Red?

id stay away from wd reds due to them being smr now. Id go ironwolf or red plus.

 

Or if you want to save money, shuck some external hdds and use them in there.