I am looking into getting a NAS setup at home, but have to consider wanting it to just work and work for my family who are not technically advanced. They use computers fine, but being asked to open a terminal would require letter by letter instructions.

So my question, what is the current recommendation for a simple home NAS for files and video (family trips, etc) storage?

  • roger_fediverse
    7•1 year ago

    Applying negative selection, QNAP has a terrible security track record and WD has terrible performance and security track record. So if you want something that’s mostly plug and play, Synology it is, consider a “+” model if there’s any chance that you may expand beyond the simple file sharing use case.

    Disclaimer: I currently own three Synology boxes (718+, 220+, 216j) and a QNAP TS-453D running Proxmox (for fun and as an attempt to move towards a HW vendor-independent solution).