Will this work alone? Meaning first and only NAS? Or does this only work with already set up "main" NAS? Since the "Expansion Unit".
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No, it acts as a slave unit to the primary server. To be a primary server, a unit needs the memory (RAM/ROM), software, processor, etcetera, The 5-bay expansion unit is not designed for this.
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The expansion unit works as an extension to an already existing main unit. But having an expansion unit isn't necessary. You wouldn't need one until you fill up the main unit. It works great as extra on-line storage as well as a mail server, FTP server and host of other functions available as apps from synology. Great purchase
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To follow up, not sure I made the point clear the unit itself is port-multiplier capable with other NAS units. Harry Riley
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I added five drives and I had no problem. I did make sure that the drives I added were the same size as the existing drives in the NAS
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The Vantec is not a NAS, if you don't know what that means then go with the Vantec. If you aren't sure the difference between 4 + 2 drives and 8 drives, go with 6. Seriously your question suggests you should take the least expensive path you can find. It really sounds like you are not looking for a NAS but for an external drive so that would be the approach you should take. If you have builod up a home network or small office network get back to us.
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The diskless NAS does not have any drives installed in it. I bought the diskless thinking I would use the four matched drives I had in an existing server. That would have been perfect, but the drives were not supported by the EX4. If you have existing drives, and they are on the WD EX4 supported list, this would be a great way to make use of them. Otherwise, you might as well purchase with disks and have a single warranty covering the entire NAS and drives.
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No. And, sadly, even the back-ups that they do allow might not work. I'm having a problem right now where I can't backup to a USM (Seagate plug-in drive). The NAS fails after it can't reallocate some internal memory.
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If your Synology NAS can use rsync, it looks to be absolutely doable. But I of course don't have a Synology to test this.
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Nope. Well, it didn't work for me and unfortunately I threw away the box and was unable to return it. I had to buy an alternate card which worked fine with FreeNas. Have a look on their site for compatible cards.
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Hi Nat....I have a 3TB 2-bay NAS, and the AIOS sees it fine under the Network\'NASName' heading. All I had to do was mount the directories I wanted to share.
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I do exactly this with a Synology NAS. There are a few caveats with the library but I can watch or listen to my library on 2 Apple TVs and audio with some Airport Expresses. Should work the same with this.
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From what I have read it should. I have the Sony media running on it now. Sorry I haven't had the nas type on it yet.
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Yes-set up the NAS as raid drives. Mirroring is automatic. If a drive goes bad, you replace it & it will be rebuilt automatically. Note-drives are not independent. They are part of an array.
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You have to provide the hdds for a diskless NAS, whereas a non-diskless NAS already has the hdds included. Consequently, a diskless NAS will typically be cheaper, but a non-diskless NAS will be simpler to purchase and set up, and my potentially be cheaper after factoring in the price of the hard drives. You also need to be somewhat selective about which hdds to add to a diskless NAS, and if you don't know much about hard drives and RAID, you're probably best off not getting a diskless NAS.
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As D. Huber said, "diskless" means that you get the NAS box but that it doesn't come with hard disk drives in it, which you must purchase separately. I too suggest you get Western Digital NAS-rated drives (e.g. the "Red" models). Get two of them with the same capacity; some might also suggest that you get them at two different times from two different sources, so as to minimize the possibility that you get two drives from the same, bum batch. Good luck!
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Can't say - I wanted this to replace an older IMHO (now) better unit, and I hate this one. Its sitting unused.... I am gong to get a "real" NAS set up when funds allow. I'm done with these Buffalo units. Maybe they'll work for you, but for what I needed, not so.
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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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There doesn't seem to be an indication that this drive had to be used as a NAS setup. My personal application is a NAS setup but is used primarily as a media host for an Apple TV2.