10-11-2023, 09:00 AM
Hi NAS Compares,
Long-time lurker on the site here who is hoping to make a purchase soon and wanted to pop the question.
Looking around I have found that synology seems to be reasonably well received - although every single unit has pros and cons.
In a nutshell, what I need for my purposes ideally, is a device that will:
Be a two-bay NAS device
Host 2 x 10TB drives - the drives I keep seeing reviewed positively are WD Red devices but i am open to suggestion on this
Connect to a LAN and run on Windows 10 or 11 PCs
Run plex (well) over a LAN to an LG television
Run plex (well) over WiFi to two additional devices
Provide storage for digital documents
Not need a bespoke software solution just to copy files over the network to and from the PC - that is, the device/drive should show up in Windows Explorer and allow cut, copy and paste functionality
The very rough budget is around £750.
I'm certain that I may have missed points here, but many thanks in advance for any advice.
Long-time lurker on the site here who is hoping to make a purchase soon and wanted to pop the question.
Looking around I have found that synology seems to be reasonably well received - although every single unit has pros and cons.
In a nutshell, what I need for my purposes ideally, is a device that will:
Be a two-bay NAS device
Host 2 x 10TB drives - the drives I keep seeing reviewed positively are WD Red devices but i am open to suggestion on this
Connect to a LAN and run on Windows 10 or 11 PCs
Run plex (well) over a LAN to an LG television
Run plex (well) over WiFi to two additional devices
Provide storage for digital documents
Not need a bespoke software solution just to copy files over the network to and from the PC - that is, the device/drive should show up in Windows Explorer and allow cut, copy and paste functionality
The very rough budget is around £750.
I'm certain that I may have missed points here, but many thanks in advance for any advice.