Decision checklist?

[Enquiries]

We are OSX and iOS people family, and need to offload from the big free cloud place. Reasons for NAS:

#1 Photos (family, places, things, events, facial recognition)
#2 Migration of Personal Cloud Documents
#3 Scan important files from cabinet that never would never consider to be on the cloud
#4 Quicktime Screen Video recordings
#5 The occasional tv show for short term storage and playback
#6 Maybe security video capture

Looking for intelligent suggestion on which NAS to choose among QNAP and Synology or other. Or if you have a decision tool like a form or spreadsheet that ranks recommendations based on your preferences and intended use?

[ed]

Synology DS220+ would be an excellent choice. Dual LAN will allow you to connect surveillance cameras via a separate line. This way surveillance data stream will not interfere with other user data transfers. Preferably having a 4 bay with a separate drive or two for surveillance would improve things even further. But having 1-2 cameras should not be an issue.Synology will easily replace cloud provider such as Dropbox with even better functions. All your photos can be organised in an easy way to find thanks to AI agent. They have just released their new beta Photos app, which is great. Also, the built-in transcoding engine will ensure you can not only watch your videos locally but also remotely.Once you map this network drive, it will appear as an external hard drive. You can then copy and paste and do other things with it.I hope this helps.