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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...
FuriousD wrote: For example i could add an Ultra 4 (or equivalent) then to work along side the Ultra 2?
Absolutely. At one point or another, I've had an NV+, Pro (6-bay) and NVX all on the same network. I gave the NV+ to my dad and use the Pro for my primary storage and NVX to act as backup. At work, I've got 3 rack-mount ReadyNAS 2100s acting as primary and remote backup targets for my servers.
The benefit of going with the Ultra2 is that you can migrate the existing disks right into an Ultra4 or Ultra6, however, I might be inclined to continue using the Ultra2 as a backup when you reach that stage.
The ReadyNAS product uses industry-standard protocols, so you should be able to get it working with virtually any other device that supports those protocols (Windows devices, Apple OSX, Linux, other compliant NAS devices, etc.), but as Tekno mentioned, they're not "stackable" --- they each function as an independent network device (much like all of your computers).
-Dave
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