Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Is anyone using a NAS that they can recommend?

I want a network backup solution, as well as a UPnP server for music and pictures, which works when my Mac is off. So I think I want a NAS. It doesn't need to be compatible with Time Machine as I've stopped using that and started using SuperDuper.

I think I want a 2 bay NAS as I want a RAID 1 setup so if one of the drives carps it I don't lose my stuff. So the contents of the NAS would be SuperDuper backup of main machine, a sizeable amount of music in FLAC format plus pictures.

I've heard good things about Synology and am thinking about one of these

Synology DS212J 2 Bay NAS Enclosure: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Plus two 2tb discs. Any thoughts?

QNAP NAS are what I use... they're pretty awesome.

I won't recommend my model, but only because it has 6 x 3TB drives in it and it's way OTT for what you want.

That said... the fundamental NAS software is identical on the lower end machines, and it can do everything you've asked of it.

The equivalent 2 disk one is this:
QNAP TS-219P II Turbo 512MB Network Attached Storage: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

But you can basically get 1, 2, 4, 6, or 8 disks slots.

QNAP NAS, go for raid 10 if you're using 4 disks, cloud backup if you need it, make sure you buy disks that are one the manufacturer's approved disks list.