Recent content by lbrumbaugh

So I'm one of the unclean NASless ones and have been looking around to see what I should get. I like the idea of the DS214play for the extra hardware transcoding chip, and while I'd like a 4 bay, I probably don't need it right away. That being the case, I read the reviews on Newegg for the...

Thanks for bringing this to my attention Floob, that is a pretty serious issue to have.. Being the OP I thought I'd update it just to say that I still haven't bought anything yet but I do appreciate everyone's comments. Maybe by the end of this month I'll pick something up along with a UPS. I...

For mere mortals (and I being one of them) probably not necessarily needed, but the benefits are link aggregation; or pushing more bandwidth through them. You'd have to have a decent switch and probably gig NIC's in the clients, but I was thinking of them as more of a future proof type thing...

@Stevech, can I ask why you went with a 2 drive system vs a 4 drive system? It's certainly a lot cheaper then say the DS411, but I was wondering if there was any other reason you did that. Thanks.

MMM, I guess because they had Plex apps that I assumed they'd be able to transcode, but fair enough. I like your point about not really touching the OS. That's pretty valid, I'd think it should be a setup and forget operation. I'll try the demo's out..

Long story short, a couple of friends have a Synology DS410 and a DS411j. They love the interface on the boxes and the functionality of them. I'm in the market for a NAS, and after talking to them had seriously considered picking up a DS411. The problem now is that I've done too much...