NAS Solution for the home

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

I would now like to move into the 21st century regarding a home network solution. The main motivation for this is to be able to share files over multiple devices over the house, and stream media to my ps3.

I am looking at either the QNAP TS-212 or Synology DS212J NAS out of a box solutions. I would like to run something like Sickbeard/Couch Potato on this too.

Wonderign if anyone has got something similar set up - and whether they could recommend something for me. Is there an alternative solution.

The storage device/NAS will be plugged directly into the super hub.

Also on a separate note - when I lug my laptop directly into the superhub via ethernet cable I get 60m connection. Over wifi its only 20meg. Why is the difference so high? Is there anything I can do to the superhub to increase WIFI speed? Or do I need a new laptop?

[carlwaring]

Both myself and my brother have a Synology. I got one after seeing his in action. It's fantastic!

Not sure which my brother has but I have had the one you're looking at since July and it's not been a second's bother since.

It is really easy to set up and use and you can get iDevice apps for it too; so there's no problem getting files onto your iDevice locally.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Thanks Carl - do wither of you run sickbeard/couch potato on it?

[carlwaring]

No. I don't even know what those are

[jamiefrost]

Have a Qnap 112 running Sickbeard and SABnzbd so it's all nice and automated, hooked up to a AppleTV 2 and Ipad running XBMC.

Works really well

J

[Matthew]

Would recommend QNAP. Trialing one at work at the moment and cannot fault it. When I was looking that was what was recommended to me.