Am trying to compare Apple Time Capsule vs NAS. Anyone here can advise? Thinking of getting the Synology 1 or 2 bay. I uses both mac and PC. Therefore should be using a 2 bay since mac HD format is different.

Thanks for the feedback.

Any idea interms of the speed when transfering files wirelessly. Time capsule vs NAS (Synology / QNAP).

Can i use a 1-bay for back up & storage for both PC & Mac?

Recently got the DS110j. Attached to Linksys WRT54G. When in network, stored music works well with iTunes (PC/Mac), Xbox360 and Iphone via DS Audio.

My current problem is Download Station. Enabled eMule. Copied e2dk link. But somehow doesn't start download. Status remain 'Waiting'. Counter checked by running eMule on PC and works fine downloading the same file.

Anyone got any idea?

Thanks. I managed to sort it out. But now i have a new problem, something that i least expected and hope not to happen... power failure! and it happened. When power up, the blue lights keeps blinking for awhile..probably rebooting. Unfortunately now i can't connect to the NAS neither via Synology Assistant nor web. What should i do?

Removed the HDD. Managed to detect the NAS via Synology Assistant. Status 'System is not installed' . Should i install before placing the HDD in?

Tried installing HDD back to NAS, but can't detect.

Hmm... its seems like this is quite a major setback for using NAS. Power trip & failure is common in our country. This may not be the best solution if we need to go through this process again & again every time the incident happen (without using UPS).

[quote=denhock,Apr 7 2010, 10:21 PM]
this is good practices to have UPS or have 2 bays NAS..... (sound like last time everybody using PC without UPS)

synology UPS function support can prevent data from being loss when an unexpected power failure occurs.


Power Recovery

The power recovery function allows the system to boot up automatically after power has been restored, if the system shut down abnormally due to a power failure.


this mean with this APC UPS, it will auto power off when an unexpected power failure occurs and it will also boot up automatically after power has been restored.

Yes that is very true. But in contrast, if we purchase a smaller PC like 'shuttle' as a server, back up storage or media centre, i think it will work the same minus the inconvenience during power failure. Of course for non-IT person like me, there would be more settings which i'll need to do to the PC compare to the integrated softwares provided by Synology. And i guess another plus point is synology uses less power consumption compare to a shuttle pc.

Recently installed unifi which come with DIR615 DLink router. But i somehow have problem setting my Synology to the router. I could login to NAS within my network but there isnt any Internet connection in/out to my NAS. Any ideas?