Hello all,
Just started looking into NAS systems to address my memory storage issues. I like some of the benefits of a NAS but I do not know a lot about them and I know quite a few of you have quite a bit of experience with this stuff. I will try to keep it brief so let me know if you need more details.
- We have 4 MacBooks, 1 Mac Mini, 1 Apple TV and may add a PC in the future.
- Have been using portable external drives with Time Machine for back up storage until now with mixed experiences. Reliability issues, maybe I've been using the wrong brands, I don't know...
- Would like to be able to have more storage capacity than these portable drives offer.
- Like to be able to move memory hog files like pictures and video off of our computers (mainly on the Mac Mini now).
- And the NAS would enable us to see those pictures off of any other computer/tablet. Would also be able to allow family back home to see our pictures through the NAS.
I haven't looked into it much yet, but I suppose Cloud services do just about the same thing? How does it compare price-wise in the long run?
Although I am ok with hooking up audio visual equipment and to some extent, I am not as comfortable with computer related set ups. I've read that Synology, although it tends to cost a little more, might be worth it for someone like me.
Any help and advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!