This NAS appears to be fitting my budget but I am concerned with smaller memory 256 MB going to be a bottleneck? Will I be able to add memory later?
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I have had no problem with this unit at all. It is on my home network (wired and wireless). The performance is very good so far. I plan to put my streaming video on the drive in a couple months so will see how that works. For now, great purchase
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It cannot be upgraded, but its performance is good for everything I use: cloud, raid, network folders, torrent.... I have not tried yet, but friends tell me that video stream is slow. Audio works fine.
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Sorry, I run Windows, don't do "I" products, the actual available storage is slightly less than 500GB's, so if you need 500 I'd go bigger, there is a 750 & a 1TB on Amazon
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6TB Drives are supported. I am currently running it on my DS2413+ NAS.https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS2413+
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1- there are 2 internal HDD slots, and you could use one of the two external 5.25" slots to add another; 2- cable management is something you implement (I recommend twist-ties for SATA cables) once your drives are in, as you'll determine where this non-critical aspect is needed; 3- the fact that it can use a standard ATX supply is a big plus for upgrading ... good luck with your system build :)
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Storage should be in the specs. Best to just check them out. Mine was 256gb solid state drive.
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I don't have any experience with either of these programs, but being that it is solid state and 1Tb you should not have any storage problems. Sorry I could not be of more help.
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Yes, it is not a problem, it is very easily accessible. Not sure if the BIOS would support 16 GB though...you have to check that
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Probably not that much, however I would recommend to follow the NAS manufacturer's suggestion, in my case it was Synology from which I bought their 412+ NAS product, and they were recommending WD20EFRX from Western Digital, which was made specifically for NAS Storage.
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It supports RAID 0 with excellent performance. That is my current configuration. Note that there is no fault tolerance with RAID 0 so you need to regularly backup your data.
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Much of the streaming speed depends on the quality of your network. If you have flakey AP's or hubs(why Lord why?) or crap switches between the NAS and your destination then prayer is the only thing that can help. This NAS has a gigabit NIC so it's ready for anything. I have not used "Video Station" the Synology streaming app that is free from the Synology Package Store but it gets excellent reviews. Make sure you order quality hard drives like these RED WD's http://www.amazon.com/WD-Red-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLZ7G/ref=pd_sim_pc_2. Try to order the model with the + like the Diskstation 213+ or 413+. These models have more RAM and better processors. I've setup 3 of these in the last couple of months and I love them. I've used the Buffalo and the Iomega and others including the hybrid Windows Home Server - none can touch the Synology models for ease of setup and speed. Join the Synology message board and spend a few minutes researching setup. Watch some of the videos on your target use of the NAS so that when it comes you're not surprised. It does take some time to format and check the drives but after that it just sits there doing what you want it to do. Good Luck! Timmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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To actually load a version of FreeNAS on this over the current OS..... maybe..... I would not re-image the box. This is pretty stable and technically competes with FreeNAS. I personally run both and prefer FreeNAS over this. Saying that, this has it uses.
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Hi, Max supported RAM is 16GB. We have no data on the HDD aspect. Thanks, PCrush
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SHR is more flexible, if you want to upgrade to larger drives later. No downside -- you're locked into the technology once you but the DiskStation, so you may was well leverage the proprietary RAID
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This is a diskless NAS, so it has no storage. You will need to purchase your own HDD, and each bay supports 4 TB
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Thank you for the info, I'll take a look. By the way would you recommend a 1tb 5400rpm or a 750gb 7200rpm? Is the speed trade-off worth the space trade off? thank you
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Not sure which unit you are referring to, but for my Synology NAS, which was a 1812, I was able to install additional RAM to bring it up to 3GB. So in general yes, if they come with X amount of RAM installed and note that they are expandable beyond that, then it is a user installable option to add more RAM to the Synology NAS. It was pretty simple in mine, had to remove the over and locate the position of the RAM modules.
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Not officialy at least, but you can read in forums about people who upgraded it successfuly. Upgrading the RAM may void Synology warranty, so be careful.DS412+ performs pretty well with 1GB though. No need to upgrade unless you have a very specific application in mind.