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Recommend QNAP TS-251? - marhutchy - 2016-05-27 Would you guys recommend the QNAP TS-251 2-Bay Personal Cloud NAS to use with Kodi? If yes, the 1GB memory or 4GB memory? RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - DarrenHill - 2016-05-27 Thread moved to hardware RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - tadly - 2016-05-27 I got a QNAP TS-451 (upgraded to 8GB ram) and it does what it's supposed to do. I'm running some lxc containers with gitlab, plex etc. as well, that's why I have 8GB of ram. So generally speaking, yes it will work with kodi just fine. From a nerd perspective though, the firmware could be better and boot time is annoyingly slow (e.g. in case of firmware updates) But the biggest downside IMO is how shares work. Assume you have a "root"-directory called "Multimedia". You can share that one via nfs, smb etc. just fine but you can NOT share a sub directory of "Multimedia" (e.g. Movies, TV-Shows or Music). This doesn't matter to much if you are the only user but if you have multiple, you either give them access to "Multimedia" or you don't at all. Personally I like "deep" folder structures organized in a sensible way rather than throwing everything into "root" and that's what I did (as I'm the only user of the NAS). But as I said, it does what it's supposed to do (sharing files via network) and that works just fine RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - marhutchy - 2016-05-27 (2016-05-27, 08:46)DarrenHill Wrote: Thread moved to hardware Thanks. After I posted I realized. (2016-05-27, 09:44)Tadly Wrote: I got a QNAP TS-451 (upgraded to 8GB ram) and it does what it's supposed to do. Thanks for this very informative response. I love the idea of multiple users, but I guess I can do without it. However without file permissions it'll be risky. Anyone can delete my files. Is this all due to the firmware? RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - tadly - 2016-05-27 (2016-05-27, 12:22)marhutchy Wrote: Thanks for this very informative response. No no no.. you have permissions and you can have multiple users. Following my previous example, you can set different access-rights per "root"-folder per user. That's not an issue. Further you can set user/group permission on a file/folder basis (unix system) and restrict access that way. What I meant is that you can't share the folder "Movies" within "Multimedia" on its own. So you either share the whole "Multimedia" folder to user x,y and z or you put the "Movie" folder into "root" (not as sub directory of "Multimedia"). This will ultimately lead to a looooooot of folders within your "root" directory. (at this point I should mention that by "root" I do NOT mean literal / but instead the most toplevel directory you'r allowed to create folders in as of the firmware.) You can do a lot on this system as it "just" a unix (pretty stripped down but still) Let me visualize what I mean: Code: root (underneath here you create shareable folders) btw. there's a live demo of the software you can have a (somewhat restricted) play with https://www.qnap.com/i/en/support/con_show.php?op=showone&cid=8 RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - pyrex27 - 2016-05-27 I have a Synology and it has the same problem (shares only on root folders). But I think you can add permissions on the folder level. RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - movie78 - 2016-05-27 (2016-05-27, 09:44)Tadly Wrote: I got a QNAP TS-451 (upgraded to 8GB ram) and it does what it's supposed to do. What RAM did you use for the upgrade? RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - marhutchy - 2016-05-27 (2016-05-27, 13:04)Tadly Wrote:(2016-05-27, 12:22)marhutchy Wrote: Thanks for this very informative response. I see. I see. RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - bry - 2016-05-27 I have both a qnap and synology. I personally prefer the QNAP over synology. I would max out the available memory when you get it... because ... why not? you are investing in a great piece of hardware might as well get it up to spec as it should be. I have a much much older model 639-Pro circa 2007 that still runs like a champ. RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - movie78 - 2016-05-27 (2016-05-27, 16:15)bry- Wrote: I have both a qnap and synology. I personally prefer the QNAP over synology. Why do you like the Qnap over the Synology? RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - bry - 2016-05-27 hardware seems more sturdy, the OS. RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - movie78 - 2016-05-27 (2016-05-27, 16:42)bry- Wrote: hardware seems more sturdy, the OS. I bought the Synology D1815+ and setting the SHR(raid 5) took me almost a week How fast is the Disk Expansion on the Qnap? RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - bry - 2016-05-27 getting a bit offtopic here - I believe I followed this many years ago: http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=10268 RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - marhutchy - 2016-05-27 Quick noob questions to all of you that have experience with NAS: When I play media from the NAS via NFS do I have to worry about buffering, or is that a bandwidth issue? Decoding of the media files are done by the media player and not the NAS right? RE: Recommend QNAP TS-251? - bry - 2016-05-27 Correct. Sent from my XT1254 |