Total Newbie - Apologies in Advance

[gnomus]

Just to keep you up to date with my ongoing saga. I tried a TP-Link Access Point is place of the HomePlugs. This performed much less well, with quite frequent dropouts. It looks increasingly like I am going to have to either: a) put up with the very occasional dropout with Homeplug, or; b) go with the NAS directly connected to the DS option.

I think that even occasional dropout is unacceptable to me so....

(05-05-2014 20:09)simoncn Wrote:  ...
That's interesting. My Synology DS713+ is noisy enough to be quite distracting, so I only use it for testing. For regular listening, I use a fanless QNAP TS-119.

I had a look at the model you use. I think it is no longer made. The newer 119P does have a fan. I think that even that model is being replaced (Amazon only had a few left).

The fan noise from the Synology really is not audible from my listening position. However, it is much more convenient to have the Synology in my upstairs room. It is also quite a bit bigger than a single slot NAS.

I have been backing up using the "Icy Dock" that you recommended. If I were to get a single dock NAS, could I just put one of backup HDs into it? (I seem to remember that the Synology spent some time "disc scrubbing" the two drives that I put in it.

Lastly, if I bought either this or this, can I install MinimServer on the NAS?

And, if I do this, would it be best to uninstall MinimServer from the Synology - that is to say, would it confuse MinimWatch (installed on my main computer and my laptop) to have two MinimServers running?

Thanks again.