i am asking for a recommendation

1. to download torrents 24/7
2. as a media shared drive (can we stream my hd videos direct from the hdd to my laptop or ipad..without the need to download?) What if the video needs vlc media player to play or codecs from k-lite mega pack codec? will it play?
3. need to be able to work with macbook as well both windows and macbook
4. optional - would be great if can remote access from outside when I am at starbucks/etc
my options are

QNAP TS212
Synology DS212J
Buffalo Link Station Pro Duo (this is cheapest and I feel so tempted to get this)
ASUS NAS-M25
D-LINK 2-BAY NAS NETWORK STORAGE ENCLOSURE (DNS-320L)
additionally should i get the WD green 3tb hdd x 2 for them?? or should spend more for a 1tb wd black?? so sad the NAS already so expensive no budget for hdd

Hi guys,

Anyone here using a Buffalo cloudstation cs-x 2tb?

I just bought one. It was working fine and I spent the whole day backing up my data. Then all of a sudden, the blue light started blinking and the drive has been offline ever since.

Anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot this? It has no screens or buttons and I cannot access the drive over the network via apps and directly through windows either.

Thanks.

According to Synology user guide, it's offer SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID). Upon Google it says a system which different from conventional RAID i.e storage volume is created based upon the smallest disk. SHR will optimize the space & wasting nothing. Anybody has tried this ?

By the way, what is the fastest way to transfer from USB external HDD to Diskstation in large volume ? Using Teracopy it max to 26 Mb/s