Storage Synology DS411J

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  1. BennieboyUK

    BennieboyUK CPC Folder of the Month Sep 2011

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    Hi Guys,

    I am looking at buying the following for my old man, http://www.scan.co.uk/products/synology-ds411j-4-bay-nas-12ghz-cpu-sata-gbit-lan-2x-usb-1x-esata

    He is after a 4 bay NAS, around the £250.00 mark, so this is at the top end of his budget.

    Does anyone have any experience with this NAS, or could advise any on any other 4 bay NAS around this price range?

    He will be using this for the following:

    MVK and MP3 streaming to PS3
    File Share for general use (documents, photos etc)
    Windows Backup (Win7 built it etc)
    Hot Swap, online Raid upgrade

    That is all really.

    Any advice or info would be really well received.

    Thanks
     
    BennieboyUK, 27 Jan 2011
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  2. Phalanx

    Phalanx Needs more dragons and stuff.

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    Synology do some of the best home/small office-based NAS's I've seen. I use a DS211j at home and it's astoundingly good. It will do everything you've got in your list and more, trust me.
     
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  3. BennieboyUK

    BennieboyUK CPC Folder of the Month Sep 2011

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    Thanks for the swift reply on this, really appreciate it.

    I have also just seen to HUGE QVL, about three times the size of other vendors.

    Thanks Ph4lanx
     
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  4. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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  5. klutch4891

    klutch4891 What's a Dremel?

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    I've also been really satisfied with my Synology. They're more expensive than some of the other options but they have every feature you could want.
     
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  6. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    Ds411j will be great, it received a small speed boost from Ds410j, which i own :clap:

    see my response to each of your requirements:

    due to one of the hard drive was clicking on arrival, i had to run my 3-drive RAID5 array with only 2 drives for a while, zero problem rebuilding array when the other disk was inserted. :rock:
     
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