Question about NAS

[AlexStarr]

Hey everyone

 

So i planning on buying the Ugreen NASycn Dh2300 i got a couple of question before commiting to one

 

1.so i am planning on buying 2 4tb hard drives and i am abit confused would i get 8tb or just 4tb because i heard some people say 2 hard drive would only give you one of the storage

 

2. I don't have my own wifi because i live in like a shared apartment and i was wondering what if i buy my own router/wifi extender and connect it to the wifi would that be okay. Like do other people be able to look at my stuff even if i don't share access to them? 

 

 

[Needfuldoer]

9 minutes ago, AlexStarr said:

1.so i am planning on buying 2 4tb hard drives and i am abit confused would i get 8tb or just 4tb because i heard some people say 2 hard drive would only give you one of the storage

Either, depending on how you set them up.

 

In a "stripe", your data is distributed across both drives. You get the total of their capacity, with the caveat that you lose all your data if one of the drives fails.

 

In a "mirror", your data is written to both drives. You only get the capacity of one drive, but if either drive fails your data is still accessible.

 

12 minutes ago, AlexStarr said:

2. I don't have my own wifi because i live in like a shared apartment and i was wondering what if i buy my own router/wifi extender and connect it to the wifi would that be okay. Like do other people be able to look at my stuff even if i don't share access to them? 

It will probablywork, but it's not ideal. Double NAT confuses things.

 

Set passwords on your stuff.

[AlexStarr]

4 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Either, depending on how you set them up.

 

In a "stripe", your data is distributed across both drives. You get the total of their capacity, with the caveat that you lose all your data if one of the drives fails.

 

In a "mirror", your data is written to both drives. You only get the capacity of one drive, but if either drive fails your data is still accessible.

 

It will probablywork, but it's not ideal. Double NAT confuses things.

 

Set passwords on your stuff.

Another thing is i read about like you can have media server on nas how does that work do i need to buy my own film/game then upload it there or its just there

[Needfuldoer]

1 hour ago, AlexStarr said:

Another thing is i read about like you can have media server on nas how does that work do i need to buy my own film/game then upload it there or its just there

Plex and Jellyfin both let you host your own streaming service using media files you locally host on your NAS.

 

Plex also gives you easy access to a ton of cable-TV-style linear FAST channels.