is the LinkStation™ Pro Duo or LinkStation™ Duo good drives and budget worth NAS drives to share videos in the home network and installation files as well as a torrent downloader device? or is there other recommended drive??

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

This post has been edited by perfect10: Feb 6 2013, 03:02 PM

thanks so much for the recommendation...the synology if i am getting i will only afford to put one small hdd inside until next year till get $$$ so i guess buffalo is the best choice for now hehehe

syk, thanks for your input, just wondering is streaming movies easy for HD movies?? or those with codec?? got lag / etc??

planning to get a synology 2 bay ones....but wondering can it work with just one hdd at the moment?? then later down the road buy another hdd to fill up the caddy?


example, now is fitted with 2TB x 1 hdd and then down the road maybe buy another 3TB x 1 hdd,, so will the synology works with 2TB + 3TB in the hdd drive? running raid 0??

just got a synology, is there anyway for windows or mac pc to access the synology folders via windows exporer?? seems like the way to access it is via internet exporer and play from there