At title I need a new NAS, nothing fancy just a couple of TB that sits on the network for file sharing/media.

I’ve got a buffalo at the moment and the main thing that annoys me is that the drives run all the time when we only use it for a couple of hours a day tops, so id like soemthing with a powersaving mode.

Looking on ebuyer etc, Synology seem to get good reviews but I’m well out of touch with computing these days so any advice would be appreciated.

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I’m a fan of synology so yeah one of those 🙂

Synology all the way for me. Excellent bits of hardware, regular firmware updates, great apps and functionality straight out the box.

Mine is plugged in upstairs out the way so I never see it or hear it, it just works and keeps on working.

Interested in this too. Yes, I probably need Synology. I need something for home use. Perhaps a 216j.
Any advice?

I am considering a NAS too and would go the Synology route without a shadow of a doubt. If anyone sees a good deal on one do share!

Another vote for Synology and 2 disks of your choice.

Synology. The DS416Play is the one I’d buy if I were in the market for a new one. I have a DS414. It’s great.

If it’s just a few TB you’re after then the DS216Play would be neat. If you don’t need transcoding and it’s just for storage and file access then the DS216.

Aside from a couple of iffy software updates, I’ve found the Synology rock solid and almost a delight to administer. The software update problems are easily dealt with by either rolling back, or just waiting a week or two until they issue a fix.

Qnap TS212 is good – very good OS and easy to administer. Will be plenty powerful enough for storing data and streaming films and music. More expensive models would be a better idea if you want to start transcoding films with, for example, Plex.

There is a live demo of the operating system that you can play around with here:
https://www.qnap.com/en-uk/support/con_show.php?cid=8

EDIT – the TS-231 isn’t much more in the grand scheme of things and more powerful, so if you can afford it it would make a better choice.

Synology for ease of use, the interface is great. If you like tinkering with the command line Qnap stuff is ok. (My experience of wanting a local archive of old email accessible from the mail client).