say, have a couple questions. have kicked around a nas for many years, but pulled the trigger on one a few days ago. (can return till 1/31/23)
my setup has been with usb storage to the router or media players. have a 4tb on the router, 10tb on one media player, 2tb on another, and a new 14tb usb..
the thought was shuck the 14tb, for drive 1 in the ds220+ and set it up as basic ?? not sure if jbod is used with say 2 different size, and one is removed... guessing the control of file placement is missing vs basic. most of my storage is big media files. other network stuff is backed up in several locations if important. seems basic would be the best "non raid" option for me.
option b, copy the 2tb on to the 14tb, plug the 14 into the 2nd usb port on the router and be done. easy peasy.. lol the 2tb will be put on the 14tb regardless.
the thought would be run plex, or jellyfin, or similar. using kodi now in several locations. only 2 of us in the house, slight concern would be if these allow the disks to rest, or if they run all the time.
not sure about having anything accessible from outside, possibly on a limited basis.
router is a ax86s, with 2 usb ports.
any thoughts or ideas here would be great, I have never had a synology or any other before.
thanks so much for your time.
my setup has been with usb storage to the router or media players. have a 4tb on the router, 10tb on one media player, 2tb on another, and a new 14tb usb..
the thought was shuck the 14tb, for drive 1 in the ds220+ and set it up as basic ?? not sure if jbod is used with say 2 different size, and one is removed... guessing the control of file placement is missing vs basic. most of my storage is big media files. other network stuff is backed up in several locations if important. seems basic would be the best "non raid" option for me.
option b, copy the 2tb on to the 14tb, plug the 14 into the 2nd usb port on the router and be done. easy peasy.. lol the 2tb will be put on the 14tb regardless.
the thought would be run plex, or jellyfin, or similar. using kodi now in several locations. only 2 of us in the house, slight concern would be if these allow the disks to rest, or if they run all the time.
not sure about having anything accessible from outside, possibly on a limited basis.
router is a ax86s, with 2 usb ports.
any thoughts or ideas here would be great, I have never had a synology or any other before.
thanks so much for your time.