Posted April 3, 2016 Hello everyone, My mum wants all of the family photos and old vhs videos to be in 1 place so I suggested getting a NAS as this would be cheaper than cloud storage for the amount that we want. As well as this, there is a lot of music, movies, and TV shows that are currently on my computer that would be used in the NAS. I am looking for some suggestions on what NAS to get/build. I am currently using Plex for the stuff that's on my computer, however any NAS with DLNA functionality is fine. I was considering building a NAS but after playing around on pcpartpicker there are a lot of cheaper prebuilt options available. A couple of prebuilt options I found were Synology and WD Mycloud 2 bay diskless NAS'. As for hard drives, I am most likely looking for around 3-4TB of space and will probably opt for WD Reds in RAID 1. Are there any other options for which NAS I should look into? Thanks in advance https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/Yqk6Mp Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/575890-nas-options/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 3, 2016 I can vouch for Synology's products. What budget do you have in mind? I can choose the right synology setup if you give me a budget. My native language is C++ Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/575890-nas-options/#findComment-7536770 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 3, 2016 If price is your main concern, then yes there definitely are cheaper options. But, if you need performance, the cheap NAS devices won't cut it (transcoding for example). Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/575890-nas-options/#findComment-7537143 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 4, 2016 Author 18 hours ago, Kyle Manning said: I can vouch for Synology's products. What budget do you have in mind? I can choose the right synology setup if you give me a budget. Not too sure what the exact budget is I think maybe around $600-700 AUD. I was looking at a Synology DS214Play and 2 WD Red 3TBs that is about $700 in total https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/Yqk6Mp Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/575890-nas-options/#findComment-7541074 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 5, 2016 Author Thanks for your replies guys I will most likely go for a Synology DS216Play and 2 WD Red 3TBs. My plan B if that is too expensive to build one myself: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/ddswh1pk0s/saved/dffNnQ https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/Yqk6Mp Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/575890-nas-options/#findComment-7548000 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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