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QNAP 2-Bay Diskless Personal Cloud NAS TS-231K-US @Newegg $149

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Model: QNAP TS-231K 2 Bay Personal Cloud NAS for Backup and Data Sharing. Annapurna Labs 4-core 1.7GHz, 1GB RAM, with lockable drive tray.

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bman325i
11-01-2020 at 07:01 AM.
11-01-2020 at 07:01 AM.
Worked for me!

You have to sign up and I beleive everyone gets their own code because mine was different from this post.

Click on item and you will find the code right under the name of the item.

My $50 off code: 3WTBKNV63
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PurpleMountain5647
11-02-2020 at 06:16 PM.
11-02-2020 at 06:16 PM.
getting a NAS is tempting...
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The_Reclaimer
11-02-2020 at 08:30 PM.
11-02-2020 at 08:30 PM.
Is this good enough for just backing up using Macrium Reflect? I don't need streaming capabilities.
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crazyhick
11-03-2020 at 04:44 AM.
11-03-2020 at 04:44 AM.
Quote from The_Reclaimer :
Is this good enough for just backing up using Macrium Reflect? I don't need streaming capabilities.
I have an older version of this and use Macrium Reflect. In short, it is way better than "good enough"...if you're wanting something just to run backups against, get an external HDD. If you want to dabble in all that a NAS has to offer, this is a decent entry point (although I'd recommend upgrading the RAM if you intend to do anything more than backups).
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The_Reclaimer
11-03-2020 at 07:06 AM.
11-03-2020 at 07:06 AM.
Quote from crazyhick :
I have an older version of this and use Macrium Reflect. In short, it is way better than "good enough"...if you're wanting something just to run backups against, get an external HDD. If you want to dabble in all that a NAS has to offer, this is a decent entry point (although I'd recommend upgrading the RAM if you intend to do anything more than backups).

Thanks. I do have 2 externals. I use one to do my daily updates then once a month I clone that to the second external. The monthly manual clone is tedious so I was hoping to setup a RAID1. I can firewall it off so it's only accessible via my main PC and laptop.
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bucdan
11-03-2020 at 09:00 AM.
11-03-2020 at 09:00 AM.
How's Qnap versus Synology? I'm looking for something with a simple OS, easy to manage. Plex server support would be a bonus. I have too much media between my devices, I think it's time to centralize all of them.

Not looking for anything enterprise level here, but I think small business/home business power is ideal. I think the basic home use ones are a bit too weak. This one, or wait for another deal?

I Think a two bay RAID 1 with external tape backups would be enough.

Does Qnap take well to recording as a backup onto LTO tape media?
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Progenitus
11-03-2020 at 09:17 AM.
11-03-2020 at 09:17 AM.
this vs the Synology DS220j for plex server?
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tacofeaster
11-03-2020 at 10:23 AM.
11-03-2020 at 10:23 AM.
I don't think RAM is upgradable on this model. I have older version and I couldn't upgrade ram.

Max memory on qnaps page shows 1gb ram.

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/produc...s/hardware
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S7arbuck
11-03-2020 at 11:47 AM.
11-03-2020 at 11:47 AM.
Would this work well when paired with the nvidia shield tv & Plex?
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supersteals
11-03-2020 at 02:36 PM.
11-03-2020 at 02:36 PM.
Quote from S7arbuck :
Would this work well when paired with the nvidia shield tv & Plex?
For streaming only, yes it will do just fine. Transcoding on the fly with Plex will not work on this NAS
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HumbleAmerican
11-03-2020 at 06:05 PM.
11-03-2020 at 06:05 PM.
Here's the features from the manufacturer.... should answer most of the questions. It was more impressive than I expected.

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/ts-231k
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reron
11-03-2020 at 06:47 PM.
11-03-2020 at 06:47 PM.
Quote from S7arbuck :
Would this work well when paired with the nvidia shield tv & Plex?
Use direct play mode as this won't do transcoding effectively.

If all you want is plex, you can save money just buying a raspberry pi and attach a couple external USB drives in raid1..
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CrimsonChin1714
11-03-2020 at 09:34 PM.
11-03-2020 at 09:34 PM.
Just worked for me.
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sr71
11-04-2020 at 10:21 AM.
11-04-2020 at 10:21 AM.
more than enough, this is a capable file server, even for SOHO use.
Quote from The_Reclaimer :
Is this good enough for just backing up using Macrium Reflect? I don't need streaming capabilities.
Synology had the "friendlier OS" way back but QNAP has closed the gap.
Quote from bucdan :
How's Qnap versus Synology? I'm looking for something with a simple OS, easy to manage. Plex server support would be a bonus. I have too much media between my devices, I think it's time to centralize all of them.

Not looking for anything enterprise level here, but I think small business/home business power is ideal. I think the basic home use ones are a bit too weak. This one, or wait for another deal?

I Think a two bay RAID 1 with external tape backups would be enough.

Does Qnap take well to recording as a backup onto LTO tape media?
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