4 Bay NAS
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What's your favorite 4 bay NAS?
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Synology and ReadyNAS units would be my first choices.
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Of the NAS's I've looked at, and only having used 3 ever (Buffalo, Segate (uck) and Synology), The Synology line has me hooked right now. So simple to operate and easy to deploy.
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Buffalo is near in that they have a Windows offering.
Seagate, WD and QNAP all worry me.
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Synology and ReadyNAS are the two most recommended ones I see.
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I'm not sure if Drobo has a 4-bay option...
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@scottalanmiller Seagate surprised me with what a POS their NAS offering is. Not at all happy with it.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller Seagate surprised me with what a POS their NAS offering is. Not at all happy with it.
I use a consumer GoFlex Home Personal and actually have three at three different sites (one/site). I only use two. One at my home in NY. One here in TX. I have been very happy with them. They are single drives and 2TB. Not even close to a business unit but for what I paid I've been very happy.
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That being said, I would love to have a good 4-bay NAS. Heck, even a 2-bay NAS in a RAID 1 would be cool. Western Digital actually has a version of their MyBook Live that's a 4TB model with two drives in a RAID1. Thought that was pretty neat. Last I knew it was $350 at the cheapest on a good sale. But still, pretty awesome.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller Seagate surprised me with what a POS their NAS offering is. Not at all happy with it.
Drive makers don't make the best storage appliances. Just doesn't go together. Their interest is in selling drives. WD does a little better, but it is a weak offering too. It's RAID 5 only so that you have to buy super expensive RE drives.
