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ReadyNas NV+ V2 4 bay questions
Hello :D I am looking to purchase either the ReadyNas NV+ V2 4 bay or the Synology Ds413(j) in the next few days, but I would appreciate some clarification before I make a final decision. I ha...
Hey BlokeUK,
I agree with you that no add-ons for ARM platform have materialized and has been a major complaint of mine (in additional to the RAM not being upgradable). Check out my recent post: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=66958
"I will be using this primarily for serving my Samsung TV via DLNA, backing up a couple of windows computers and for file storage, performance is important, but I am not expecting anything earth shattering as both these are entry level NAS's."
Reading above, if your going to use the NAS for just that, you should look into ReadyNAS Duo v2. I had the Samsung E8000 plasma streaming via DLNA from the NAS and worked quiet well. Just make sure you get a good wireless router or use the LAN on the TV. The Samsung's builtin media player is pretty amazing as it will play almost any format and works very well with the ReadyNAS Duo v2. The Samsung's wifi card broke on mine after 3 months of usage and still didn't work after Samsung's tech came to repair so I returned it to Amazon and purchased a Panasonic ST50, BUT unfortunately Panasonic was being cheap and didn't want to pay licensing fees for DTS audio so streaming from the ReadyNAS was not a good option (lot of MKVs have DTS audio). I ended up supplementing the Panasonic with a WD TV Live... woah sorry for the long side track.
If you read my post, I'm thinking of leaving the ReadyNAS community after 4+ years of use because add-ons for the ARM platform is basically nonexistent. Even after almost 1 year since the NV+ v2 and Duo v2 released, not much has materialized. Also, I was so blinded by my love for ReadyNAS that I didn't look to other NAS platforms (I mean firmware/software to manage the NAS). I've recently seen Synology's DSM software and it's looks super amazing.
Sorry to say, but after 4+ years of ReadyNAS Duo I can't wholeheartedly recommend ReadyNAS (the performance on the Duo is very good, but they also got rid of Jumbo Frames from Duo v1).
I agree with you that no add-ons for ARM platform have materialized and has been a major complaint of mine (in additional to the RAM not being upgradable). Check out my recent post: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=66958
"I will be using this primarily for serving my Samsung TV via DLNA, backing up a couple of windows computers and for file storage, performance is important, but I am not expecting anything earth shattering as both these are entry level NAS's."
Reading above, if your going to use the NAS for just that, you should look into ReadyNAS Duo v2. I had the Samsung E8000 plasma streaming via DLNA from the NAS and worked quiet well. Just make sure you get a good wireless router or use the LAN on the TV. The Samsung's builtin media player is pretty amazing as it will play almost any format and works very well with the ReadyNAS Duo v2. The Samsung's wifi card broke on mine after 3 months of usage and still didn't work after Samsung's tech came to repair so I returned it to Amazon and purchased a Panasonic ST50, BUT unfortunately Panasonic was being cheap and didn't want to pay licensing fees for DTS audio so streaming from the ReadyNAS was not a good option (lot of MKVs have DTS audio). I ended up supplementing the Panasonic with a WD TV Live... woah sorry for the long side track.
If you read my post, I'm thinking of leaving the ReadyNAS community after 4+ years of use because add-ons for the ARM platform is basically nonexistent. Even after almost 1 year since the NV+ v2 and Duo v2 released, not much has materialized. Also, I was so blinded by my love for ReadyNAS that I didn't look to other NAS platforms (I mean firmware/software to manage the NAS). I've recently seen Synology's DSM software and it's looks super amazing.
Sorry to say, but after 4+ years of ReadyNAS Duo I can't wholeheartedly recommend ReadyNAS (the performance on the Duo is very good, but they also got rid of Jumbo Frames from Duo v1).
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