Back in 2013 I got myself a Synology DS413j, which has proven to be a reliable companion for me though these 7 years. I used it for file backup, media streaming and as a TimeMachine destination pretty successfully. Any such station needs good drives to provide value, and drives, as many of us know, are pretty unreliable. In 7 years I replaced about 6: 2 were bad right after arrival, and another 4 went bad as the years went by....
In my previous post I was rambling about Seagate BlackArmor and my sad experience with it. Apart from the sadness it also has my initial thoughts and requirements, so I won’t duplicate them in this one. But, to keep consistent with the previous review I’ll go with the same headings/experience areas. That being said – here we go! DSJ413j Half a year has passed and I’ve been using Synology NAS for all this time....
So I decided that I’m sick and tired of plugging in and out usb drives. Be it my tiny 16GB daily thumb drive, or store-it-all 2TB external seagate – this is a pain… And to make sure everything is stored you have to “detach/remove” them safely all the time. And than eventually you need more storage(or will need) and expanding this kind of solution means more devices OR significantly more money....