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What 4 bay NAS?

  • 03-08-2018 08:48AM
    #1
    viperlogic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭


    Looking for a 4 bay NAS, aware of Synology DS418 options and QNAP TS-4xx options but not sure what exact model meets my needs. Eg how much processing power and memory do I need...

    - Primary need is to store and play media (h265 4K, BR rips etc) via Nvidia Shield and Vero. Not at the same time and it doesn’t need to transcode.
    - store PC/Laptop backups
    - store photo backups
    - secondary storage for VM's on a NUC homelab running esxi

    So out of the Synology DS418J / DS418 / DS418 play and QNAP TS-431P / TS-431P2 / TS-451A / TS-451+ which meets my needs as they range from €300 to €500 excluding drives? Or, is there an alternative 4 bay solution?


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  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    viperlogic wrote: »
    - secondary storage for VM's on a NUC homelab running esxi

    Do you need SCSI mounts or just SMB/CIFS/NFS?


  • #3
    viperlogic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭viperlogic


    ED E wrote: »
    Do you need SCSI mounts or just SMB/CIFS/NFS?

    NFS will suffice for esxi on the NUC


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    In that case pretty much anything on the market will do.


    Be aware that Syn have a little bit of a rep for working really well but being a total nightmare in the case that something goes wrong. Not saying don't go that route just do a bit of reading so you know what you're buying. There are also Netgears ReadyNAS and Zyxels offering to weigh up.


    NB: Not all boxes support very large disks (>4TB) so double check specs if you think you might use them now or down the road.


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