Hi Guys, So I'm after a NAS system, I've never bought one before so figured I'd see what you guys recommend. Ideally it should have removable drives so that bigger disks can be placed in at a later date. It needs to be able to stream around the house and access to files from outside, similar to WD My Cloud Preferably it's a well known brand so that half the functionality doesn't disappear if the company liquidates. Starting storage of around 4TB and preferably the NAS should be cheap as possible. Cheers
I would check out the Synology range. Make sure you get a 2 bay model, as the one bay models limit your maximum capacity.
Asustor is the best bang per buck. get an 202TE or similar, you get HDMI out for XBMC on your TV without the need for a PC. they have 4 CCTV licenses rather than 1 on sinology and 2 on qnap and are priced similar to those brands. Asustor is an Asus company FYI
This may be a bit more than you are looking to spend but it's a decent bundle from Scan - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/6tb-...bundle-using-16ghz-cpu-256mb-ddr3-wifi-wirele I think you save around £80 or so than buying individually. I have a Zyxel NSA325 v2 at home and it does the job for me and my flat mates. You can pick them up for around £90 diskless.
I got a Netgear Readnas 104, 4 bay nas, from Amazon for under £120 a couple of months ago, looks like the price went up to £150 though. The main issue with it is configuration is really fiddly if you do not like the way it is stock configured, in particular I did not like the way Windows computers automatically created a share on the nas. Once it was configured it is fine, WAN access is possible.
