QNAP or Synology or DIY? which one supports on-demand sync on Mac? ?

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Hi NASCompares:

Thanks for sharing so many information here.

I have been choosing which NAS I should buy for half year, but still have one big problem which I don't have any answer.

That is: QNAP or Synology or DIY? which one supports on-demand sync on Mac?

Originally, I was looking at DS620slim, due the compact design, but after some research, I realized that seems Synology system doesn't support on-demand sync on Mac (that feature is only available on Windows: https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/Collaboration/What_is_On-demand_Sync).

Then I tried to search with QNAP NAS, but I didn't find any confirmed articles on whether QNAP supports on-demand sync on Mac or not.

I even tried to search how to DIY a NAS, but looks it requires more effort to build the hardware system.

So do you have any information on "QNAP or Synology or DIY? which one supports on-demand sync on Mac? "

The on-demand sync on Mac is a desperate need for me to use a NAS, cause I have multiple Mac at home, both are just 256GB storage. I want to use on-demand sync to extend the storage, without losing the data transferring speed by switch to SMB network shared folder (which is just 150Mb/s on 1 Gigabit Ethernet).

There are some posts saying some 3rd-party softwares/plugins could potentially support such feature on Mac, but I didn't see any confirmed demo / solution.


Besides the on-demand sync, I prefer to compact size NAS for home use. I like the DS620slim design, but not sure about Synology on on-demand sync for Mac. For the post below, looks even on DSM 7.0, it won't be available from Mac?

https://nascompares.com/2020/05/01/synology-2020-qa-with-taiwan-hq-your-questions-answered/


No sure about QNAP as well, but on compact size NAS, they used to produce TS-453S Pro and TS-853S, which was 2.5 inch size NAS, but looks those models are discounted already.

https://www.qnap.com/en/news/2014/qnap-introduces-high-performance-2-5-ssd-nas-models-ts-451s-ts-453s-pro-and-ts-853s-pro


Appreciate you could help me on my decision.

Thanks

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Yes, Synology and Maz have not agreed on how to enable this function which allows keeping files on a NAS only instead of keeping a copy on a computer.Because now, sync works this way. You get the same folder on a NAS and your MAC. You can try third-party apps, but I recommend mapping a network drive instead. This will give you the same functionality you are looking for.All files will be living on a NAS and whatever you copy into this drive will automatically go toa NAS not a computer.I hope this helps