Excellent product
Coming from the Synology universe with a DS1813+ that was almost 10 years old, I was very hesitant to take this model. It's true that Synology has a very extensive and well thought out software toolkit. But on the hardware side, there's no question, Qnap (as well as Asustor) are way ahead. Whether in scalability, performance or connectivity. The software environment is more delicate than Synology, but you get used to it. In the end, it's very comparable, even if it's less visually accomplished on the desktop. The mobile apps are simple and effective. The mobile apps are simple and efficient. Some difficulties with the transcoding codecs, but this will be solved.
I added :
- 32MB of Cucial 2666 memory,
- 2 SDD WD BLACK NVMe of 1TB each for the cache,
- 4 HDD WD NAS pro of 16Tb in raid 5 for data storage (these beasts are hot!)
- 2 HDD Seagate nas recovered from my old NAS and mounted in raid 1 for video surveillance (puncture-proof disks!)
I'm using it as a central storage for video surveillance, video / photo / music storage, and I'm adding 2VMs.
The 10Gb network is just magic, I couldn't stand the slowness of gigabit anymore, even if I also had to invest in a small switch and dedicated network card for the pC (also Qnap)
Probably overkill for my needs, but a nice LDLC discount made me take the plunge.
Ordered on a Friday late in the day, delivered the next morning! Yes! Thank you LDLC!