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1395944	2015-03-08 07:02:00	Hello Members I have a network drive(WD My Book World) which is sort-of full and is getting on with age. Keen to get a 3-6TB NAS drive(ethernet) which serves as document backup and also for media. Somewhere I read about failing larger Seagate HDD's. Has anyone of you time to write down recommendations? I looked at the "WD My Cloud 4TB Gigabit Ethernet External NAS". Has anyone of you had + or - points to report? Thanks	notechyet (4479)
1395945	2015-03-08 08:04:00	I like my Synology NAS. You could look at one of the 2 bay range and put a couple of WD RED drives of your size choice in.	Alex B (15479)
1395946	2015-03-08 08:46:00	2nd the use of Western Digital RED drives. They are designed for NAS usage, and currently the largest is 6TB. Somewhere I read about failing larger Seagate HDD's. ANY Hard Drive, no matter what size or make can fail. Thats why you have backups. To be safe, if you have all your data only on a NAS, then you really need to backup the NAS as well to another set of Drives / Location.	wainuitech (129)
1395947	2015-03-08 16:45:00	Hi WT I do have a cloud backup which has saved me a couple of times. For day-to day use I find the local backups faster to search and access. Is the use of the Synology NAS a way to use the WD red drives, assuming the "WD My Cloud 4TB Gigabit Ethernet External NAS" may not have that class of HDD contained?	notechyet (4479)
1395948	2015-03-08 17:26:00	WT I have looked a bit around and not sure what would be best between the two choices WD My Cloud or Synology NAS. Do you know if the drives can be changed in the WD My Cloud stations? For the purpose I am looking for; document(work) backups and media streaming, would it be worth a NAS server type setup?	notechyet (4479)
1395949	2015-03-09 04:57:00	The Synology NAS is just one of many that can be used. What you have to look at is how many drives you want to install, some only have two bays others have 3,4,8 or more. Another thing you have to consider, is NAS enclosures usually have a limit as to how much they will take, meaning some will only take 8TB total, other have 48TB +, so expansion is something to consider. As for the WD Cloud Drive -- Depends, a lot of those have the internal Drive hard Connected to the circuit board and not meant to be changed. Generally its always better to have the same types of Drives, Eg: 2+ WD reds, that way theres no problems with drives not being compatible with each other. NAS enclosures can sometimes be expensive, so dont go cutting short on Pricing, as cheap no name enclosures can be just that. Basic Units like the Netgear RN10200 ( ones I usually Use) cost around $250 + drives, where as the Synology Diskstation DS1815, has 8 Drive bays round $1800 + Drives and all the bells and whistles you can want. They all come with software to manage the units, Browser based with various functions / Option. Personally I just make my own from mini cases, micro motherboards, and add drives in as required. Theres a few free software options to manage, or you can buy as well. Last One I made was a old Mini PC that a person didn't want as it was to slow and under powered, threw in a bigger drive installed some free software, runs headless and away it goes, been running for over a year now with out any problems :) Just depends on how deep ya pockets are :p	wainuitech (129)
1395950	2015-03-09 07:05:00	..................... Just depends on how deep ya pockets are :p Many thanks WT! I admire your 24/7 top support to the forum! Second to none. At this stage I am not so keen on fiddling with drives and assembling stuff. So I would be looking at 2 bay drive setup. Do not want to spend more than 5-600. Somehow I like the idea of being able to change drives in case of failure, so Synology or Netgear as long as it is reliable. So I'll search around... Once more:thanks	notechyet (4479)
1395951	2015-03-10 00:13:00	You're going to have to increase your budget quite a bit if you want to do it right IMO. a 4TB WD Red is $270 x2 and something like a DS214 is around the $500 mark (or any extra 100 for the verison with easy drive swapping, not that it's hard). The little DS115j is only $189 but it's a bit under spec'd CPU and RAM wise and only holds one drive. I don't know about Netgears offerings, but the Synology can act as Plex or standard DLNA server, torrent box with remote access, Apple Time Machine Server, iTunes server etc etc, quite a few 3rd party apps available too.	Alex B (15479)
1395952	2015-03-10 05:43:00	Hi Alex Thanks I am somewhat unsure if I should get a NAS server or a plain NAS storage. The first with 2X3TB as seen here (www.ascent.co.nz) is appr. $660.-. As I understand the server would contain the backup and streaming and whatever software whereas the plain NAS the attached stations provide the clients. Am I more or less right? How is reliability for those options. How easy is swapping?	notechyet (4479)
1395953	2015-03-10 07:19:00	I'm not getting what you mean by NAS vs NAS server sorry. The one you have listed runs the exact same software as the one I have mentioned, just much slower, so you wouldn't be able to do transcoding with it. Other than that, it should be OK for your use. If you found it too slow you could keep the drives and sell the NAS enclosure.	Alex B (15479)
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