I used to have a two-bay NAS and it just hummed along peacefully doing its thing. Then it lost a drive and when I went to replace it, I figured I should move to a better NAS and go to a RAID 5 or 6 storage system. I lost interest and then just backed up my files on an external hard drive. I plug it in every few weeks and it updates. I know, IT guys cringe at that....
I then got the notion that if I had a hybrid type NAS, one that would also operate FLEX, I could use it for my music files. Play them from the NAS instead of my office PC where the files are stored.
Not being a techie, and definitely not a network guy...... figured I'd ask what this crowd does first. I'm looking at a QNAP four bay with 4T Ironwolf drives. I have roughly 2T of files and don't see that growing much.
These units get some decent reviews and are supposedly easy to set up. Synology seems to be highly regarded too.
What do you think?
