Recent content by pmruk

Hi all, I need a media streamer to play (mainly) video content over my network on my TV. Said content is stored on my Synology NAS in a variety of formats (including but not limited to avi, mp4, mkv). I was about to go for the WD TV Live (£78) but then read about flaky NAS support in the...

Thanks for the responses. Uptime isn't a major priority for me; I can live with some downtime if one disk fails. I also like the idea of being able to recover infected and mistakenly deleted files and folders from backup. So I guess I don't need to use RAID in this case which is good because I...

What are the real benefits of using a RAID 1 array in a two bay NAS? RAID compatible disks seem a lot more expensive than standard "Desktop" disks so is the extra cost really worth it? Surely if I store my data on one disk and the backups on the other, I should be covered if one fails? (I'll...

Hi there, I'm in the market to buy a NAS but want to make sure it fulfills my needs before shelling out. Hope you guys can help… Firstly I'd like a centralised place where I can store and backup all my digital media (I guess this is the whole point of a NAS). I'd also like it to stream...