Nice. I like the specs of the 1815+ especially the quad core processor and the 4x LAN with Link Agregration.

May I ask how much did you get the unit for?

Anyone have spoilt there Synology NAS before?

When spoils? Want speculate synology lifespan.

Woah, Synology hardcore fans.
Nice information from you.
Base on your experience, 5 years is safe range yet.

If you can get somebody in KL and check out Viewnet, they seem to list the 7200rpm HGST NAS drives for sale.

3TB - RM 579
4TB - RM 779
6TB - RM 1199

It is not premium but known to be more reliable than the common WD and Seagate.

Perhaps terrabyte for terrabyte, the HGST NAS variant is slightly more expensive than the other brands of similar sizes because the ones I quoted are 7200 rpm models.

More reliable based on statistics... Statistics exist does not mean you have to kena, right? Consider yourself lucky lor. 

i dont trust Seagate anymore , not going back , bought seagate barracuda LP 2tb x4 , WD green x1 , Samsung x1 , within 2 year die 2 , 3rd year all die , WD , and Samsung die too , now all 2tb die , switch to WD red x4 , WD purple x2 .

this is really sad all 2tb cannot survive long time
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this time i am cleaver , wont go max capacity , hope 4tb wont fail so fast 
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Hi guys,

I'm new to NAS
Say if i buy WD my cloud. I want the NAS to connect my tv for movies.
So the NAS will LAN via router. From my pc, i transfer file via wifi. Then the NAS connect the tv via USB cable?

Hi all,

I would like to get an NAS, just for downloading videos and playing then through TV. So I guess my setup would be connecting my router to both the NAS and TV via LAN cable right?

I'm currently looking at Synology DS216play, DS215+, DS216+, and DS415+. Originally I thought of getting the DS415+, but now that I think of it, I don't need 4 bays, 2 bays is enough for me.

Also, DS415+ has much better processor which attracts me, because I'm afraid that I won't have enough power playing 1080p videos.

So what is good enough for me to just play 1080p videos? Are any of the 2 bays good enough? Please recommend.

Thanks!

Thanks for all the replies

Currently I'm using a Samsung TV, and I've been playing movies from my external HDD via USB cable without any issues.

If I'm gonna get a NAS, I thought of using Plex, and I've been hearing things about the need to be able to do transcoding, so I'm afraid that the NAS isn't powerful enough. Apparently transcoding is also needed to burn subtitles to the movie..

As for the capacity, I'll probably rethink again, but I think 6TB is good enough for me (yes..I will delete movies which I think are no longer worthy to keep )

So..as I was saying, if I use Plex, do I need to worry about transcoding? Do I need to choose a NAS with better processor?

I'm actually wondering if I need transcoding in the first place. I know that if I play the videos on mobile device, then I will need transcoding, but apparently even if I'm playing on TV I still need transcoding to burn the subs to the video

It would be a disappointment if I spent a lot on NAS..but in the end get laggy videos

Good day to all,

Could anyone recommend me a NAS for Media Storage and editing, mainly photos and videos. Needs to be able to work with both Windows and Mac OS.

Thank You.

Thank you all. What kind of drives should I get? Any reliable drive brand you all can suggest?  Budget 1.5k for NAS + 2 Drives

How long have you been using it for? good?

Remove the HDD from the NAS and put it into your machine directly?  If not then buy one of this:

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3931344/all

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1358447/all

If your USB still working, try plug in an usb h.drive and transfer file over to the usb drive.

First make sure your usb not fried also