Synology DS1511+ first look (mini review) - Page 16

Hi. This thread was a great read with information so useful that I'm going to jump into the pool and maybe at the deep end.

I have an opportunity to pick up a "new" open box DS 2411+ at about 1/3 off. Good idea or go for the new 2413+?

This will replace a cranky Acer H340 for pc backup and music streaming. But want to grow into DVD and Blu-ray storage/streaming. Now jmpage2 brings up new models. I'm not interested in paralysis by analysis just want to avoid buyers remorse in the near future. Thanks

Rumor on the new models is we may not see them until the next Intel chip is released which may be the end of the year.

How much is the 2411? Personally I would opt for the newer hardware, but it depends on how much of a discount we are talking also.

I found the 1812+ to be a better value than the 2413+ unless you will need that amount of space in one volume. The 1812+ at the Amazon price, $999.99, works out to be $125.00 per bay with the expansion unit, DX513, running $100 per bay at the $499.99 price point. The 2413+ runs $141.67 per bay at $1699.99. I really think the 2413+ should have come in at a lower price point rather than $1699 from Amazon. At $1499 it would have cost the same per bay as the 1812+, but still more expensive per bay than the 1812+ and the DX513.

This unit comes in at $93 per bay (plus tax) and it it truly new and not used - full warranty.
With a 30 day return option can't see why not give it a try.

.Great link Thank you

Thanks to the OP and contributors to this thread, as it has been a great reference for setting up my new system. Finally decided to move away from my EX495 (with USB and eSata enclosures totaling 16 x 2 tb drives). So I purchased the DS1812+ and initially populated it with 6 x 4tb drives using Raid 5. Took around 48 hrs for data scrubbing to be completed and 24 hrs to optimize file structure. Once done, set up shared folders, transferred a few movie files (BD iso) and each of my dune players "see" the NAS via smb without issue and playback has been rock solid. I kept the file structure the same as on the EX495 and didn't have to make any changes to Zapitti other than point it to a different IP and export location (can't recall who suggested this....but thank you!). Thought for sure I would have to re-scrape all my movies. Anyway, couldn't believe there were no snags or issues and it couldn't have been easier to set up other than the amount of time to get the volume ready. Thus, my question.....would I save significantly more time by expanding the volume now (adding additional 4tb drives and EX510) before transferring additional data? I'll need to expand at some point in the near future, just curious if significant differences depending on the amount of data already present.

Cheers,

Thanks for the response....yes running DSM 4.2 and trying to decide between changing to Raid 5 + hot spare or Raid 6 once I add additional drives.

Cheers,

From 4.2 user guide, seems it may have changed.


Cheers,
Edited by twodown - 3/18/13 at 6:35pm