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Shaqo_Wyn
By Shaqo_Wyn
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How does it work exactly? Do I just buy one of these: http://www.cnet.com/products/synology-diskstation-ds1513-plus/ pop 5 4TB 3.5" WD Black Series in there and I'm ready to go? Or do I have to get Reds and run em in Raid. 

 

Which NAS would you go for, and what HDD setup? Just trying to get a picture of the standards here and stuff. Thanks for any info you can give.

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How does it work exactly? Do I just buy one of these: http://www.cnet.com/products/synology-diskstation-ds1513-plus/ pop 5 4TB 3.5" WD Black Series in there and I'm ready to go? Or do I have to get Reds and run em in Raid. 

 

Which NAS would you go for, and what HDD setup? Just trying to get a picture of the standards here and stuff. Thanks for any info you can give.

What will you be doing with the NAS?

 

If you are just storing movies and doing backups then a WD Red or Seagate NAS would be good. If you are doing some serious work (editing video footage directly on the NAS, storing virtual machines on it, or something more exotic, then I would recommend the WD SE series, which has much better performance than either of those two drives.

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I would get 4 Reds and run them in RAID 1/10

 

 

synologys software is pretty great.

i guess you are not a professional, so it doesnt really matter which drives you put in.

 

 

What will you be doing with the NAS?

 

If you are just storing movies and doing backups then a WD Red or Seagate NAS would be good. If you are doing some serious work (editing video footage directly on the NAS, storing virtual machines on it, or something more exotic, then I would recommend the WD SE series, which has much better performance than either of those two drives.

 

Thanks for the answers guys. They're for small business but not for 'serious work'. I think I'm getting the Synology with 4 Reds in RAID 10.

Bert & Ernie before squirting spermie. 

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