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ReadyNAS or Synology for me?
Currently have an iMac with over 10,000 photos, about 60GB of apple lossless music files which is growing and about 60GB of movies. The HDD on the iMac is 320GB. I stream the music to a Sonos ZP90, an...
Netgear vs Synology: This is important for mac users: http://www.netafp.com/status-of-netatal ... endor-322/
Ultra vs Duo: Definately Ultra - it is the newest technology & *far* faster than the Duo
RAID vs non-RAID: Very much a personal decision and the downtime you are willing to suffer in the event of a disk failure. I wouldn't be without it on a 4 disk or greater system due to the increased likelihood of experiencing disk failure, but it's not so clear cut with a 2 bay device. But you should backup to an external HD in either case - RAID doesn't protect you against human error, but it seems you realise this already
Ultra vs Duo: Definately Ultra - it is the newest technology & *far* faster than the Duo
RAID vs non-RAID: Very much a personal decision and the downtime you are willing to suffer in the event of a disk failure. I wouldn't be without it on a 4 disk or greater system due to the increased likelihood of experiencing disk failure, but it's not so clear cut with a 2 bay device. But you should backup to an external HD in either case - RAID doesn't protect you against human error, but it seems you realise this already
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