locutus1
Novice Member
I have a lot of movies and TV shows and would like to put it all on a NAS but I'm not sure which brand I should get. I've never used a NAS before. The NAS will be accessible from my network and I will stream wirelessly from the NAS to my TV. The only NAS I've read a lot about is Drobo. The 5D has 5 bays. Drobo sent me an email about their newest model - the 5C. I haven't read about it yet so I don't know the differences. I know there are many other brands. QNAP is one. I also know Drobo is proprietary so if the NAS fails, you can't read the data. You have to wait for them to send you a new NAS. Other brands are not proprietary, right?
However, with Drobo you can replace just 1 drive if you want to increase storage space. With any other NAS, if you run out of space, don't you have to replace all the drives at the same time? That means Drobo is cheaper since you only need to buy 1 drive at a time.
So I'm not sure which one I should get. There might also be things I don't know about when setting up a NAS. Any advice is appreciated.
However, with Drobo you can replace just 1 drive if you want to increase storage space. With any other NAS, if you run out of space, don't you have to replace all the drives at the same time? That means Drobo is cheaper since you only need to buy 1 drive at a time.
So I'm not sure which one I should get. There might also be things I don't know about when setting up a NAS. Any advice is appreciated.