Hey ! I've been reading and watching tons of information about NASes for over a month and still cannot decide. Luckily I got into this wonderful forum and I hope you guys can help me.
I'm a regular home user, have a lot of photos, movies, ISO files etc, completely running out of space on my PC. That's why I decided to get my first 2 bay NAS.
My first choice was Synology DS224+however the more I read the less I know, therefore I will try to summarize my needs
I would like to have a plug & play device (therefore building my own is of the table, I'd rather go for complete devices). My needs are:
Several devices caught me eye:
- Synology DS224+
- Synology DS723+ (however with this one I would have to wait for some discout as it exceeds my budget)
- UGREEN DXP2800 (This one is tempting, especially that has NVME slot and upgradable RAM, however I have no idea about stuff I've mentioned above and security of this one)
- AS3302T v2 DRIVESTOR 2 Pro Gen2 (This one as well was tempting however I read some negative comments about some random issues with connectivity, support and software)
- QNAP TS-264 (can't say much about this one - only heard it's not that beginner user-friendly)
- TERRAMASTER F2-424 (seems pretty decent but don't know much about software and other important stuff).
As said before my first choice was DS224+ but I've been reading more and more negative news such as synology-only HDDs and the stuff they've removed over the years. I know it will impact future DS generations but who knows if suddenly they won't change their mind. That's why I was thinking if my future NAS should have a possibility to install TrueNAS just in case in the future and I know Synology blocked this option.
May I ask for your advice ? AS
I'm a regular home user, have a lot of photos, movies, ISO files etc, completely running out of space on my PC. That's why I decided to get my first 2 bay NAS.
My first choice was Synology DS224+however the more I read the less I know, therefore I will try to summarize my needs
I would like to have a plug & play device (therefore building my own is of the table, I'd rather go for complete devices). My needs are:
- autosyncing photos & movies from my android smartphones and having an access to them via dedicated android app
- I have a Samsung TizenOS TV and would like to stream 4K movies from NAS to my TV via internet (I know that I'd have to sideload apps for TizenOS, but as well I have a chromecast 4k as backup).
- Access to NAS from my phone anywhere I am
- NAS on HDDs however It would be nice if it had NVME slot as well. I will want to add some RAM as well
- Running HomeAssistant
Several devices caught me eye:
- Synology DS224+
- Synology DS723+ (however with this one I would have to wait for some discout as it exceeds my budget)
- UGREEN DXP2800 (This one is tempting, especially that has NVME slot and upgradable RAM, however I have no idea about stuff I've mentioned above and security of this one)
- AS3302T v2 DRIVESTOR 2 Pro Gen2 (This one as well was tempting however I read some negative comments about some random issues with connectivity, support and software)
- QNAP TS-264 (can't say much about this one - only heard it's not that beginner user-friendly)
- TERRAMASTER F2-424 (seems pretty decent but don't know much about software and other important stuff).
As said before my first choice was DS224+ but I've been reading more and more negative news such as synology-only HDDs and the stuff they've removed over the years. I know it will impact future DS generations but who knows if suddenly they won't change their mind. That's why I was thinking if my future NAS should have a possibility to install TrueNAS just in case in the future and I know Synology blocked this option.
May I ask for your advice ? AS
