02-20-2023, 05:00 PM
Hi,
I’m a first time NAS buyer and have been watching your videos and looking through your website articles a lot over the last year. It’s a complicated purchase so I have some questions, if you would be so kind as to answer.
Budget: Less than £2,000 (preferably around £1,500 mark
Use case: Home
Reason: Get central storage for my house and my parents’ house’s data & backup photos/videos/documents
- I decided to go with Synology from your many videos and the DSM software seems best/easiest to use.
- I was going for the DS923+ but believe that the DS1522+ is more future proofed.
- I would like to start with 2 drives (and have one as a backup). And buy more drives in the future.
Questions:
- What RAID configuration should I go for to have 1 drive as a backup in the beginning, and have flexibility to add more drives in the future?
- Which storage drives are the best? (WD Red Plus/Seagate etc.)
- Does my thinking make sense/what would you do?
- Is there anything else I need to kee
I’m a first time NAS buyer and have been watching your videos and looking through your website articles a lot over the last year. It’s a complicated purchase so I have some questions, if you would be so kind as to answer.
Budget: Less than £2,000 (preferably around £1,500 mark
Use case: Home
Reason: Get central storage for my house and my parents’ house’s data & backup photos/videos/documents
- I decided to go with Synology from your many videos and the DSM software seems best/easiest to use.
- I was going for the DS923+ but believe that the DS1522+ is more future proofed.
- I would like to start with 2 drives (and have one as a backup). And buy more drives in the future.
Questions:
- What RAID configuration should I go for to have 1 drive as a backup in the beginning, and have flexibility to add more drives in the future?
- Which storage drives are the best? (WD Red Plus/Seagate etc.)
- Does my thinking make sense/what would you do?
- Is there anything else I need to kee