When I got my NAS, I wanted to achieve a few things, which I thought were pretty basic.
However, I have failed at each step apart from the second one (remote access). This hasn't been amazing - DS Audio, DS Video, DS File... - but it has been good enough.
Regarding synchronising between Windows and Android. I wanted an app that could do both selective sync (for my phone) and complete sync (for my tablet). I tried this first with Drive. Windows client - excellent. Android - couldn't do complete synchronization with an Android device, just on-demand. And no PIN/fingerprint lock for the app. Then I tried Cloud Station Sync. Again, Windows client - excellent. Android client - looked like something from 5 years ago. Had complete sync and fingerprint scanning - success!! - but no partial sync. Fail
Total encryption of the NAS... this is just a total failure and I am absolutely amazed that this is even a problem. You can't have names/paths in an encrypted folder longer than 143 characters. What the actual f*ck? And you can't encrypt the whole NAS, just folders individually? Come on, this is ridiculous. Windows, Android, Apple - EVERYTHING is encrypted by default these days. To make matters worse, you can't encrypt the Drive folder if you are using it.
A lack of encryption is genuinely a joke, it should be standard. No encryption means someone can break into your house, pick up your NAS and then have very simple access to everything stored on it.
For the above simple reasons, I have been unable to properly move onto a NAS solution. And to be honest they are crappy reasons, they shouldn't be problems in the first place.
I know there are a lot of people here who are both very helpful (thank you already in previous threads) and passionate - so you think I have done something wrong please let me know.........
- Set up selective and complete file syncing between Windows and Android (small - 10GB)
- Remote access to larger A/V libraries (c. 350GB and 1TB)
- Total encryption of data on the NAS
- Replacement of various other file sync/backup solutions like Onedrive, Tresorit, Spideroak
However, I have failed at each step apart from the second one (remote access). This hasn't been amazing - DS Audio, DS Video, DS File... - but it has been good enough.
Regarding synchronising between Windows and Android. I wanted an app that could do both selective sync (for my phone) and complete sync (for my tablet). I tried this first with Drive. Windows client - excellent. Android - couldn't do complete synchronization with an Android device, just on-demand. And no PIN/fingerprint lock for the app. Then I tried Cloud Station Sync. Again, Windows client - excellent. Android client - looked like something from 5 years ago. Had complete sync and fingerprint scanning - success!! - but no partial sync. Fail
Total encryption of the NAS... this is just a total failure and I am absolutely amazed that this is even a problem. You can't have names/paths in an encrypted folder longer than 143 characters. What the actual f*ck? And you can't encrypt the whole NAS, just folders individually? Come on, this is ridiculous. Windows, Android, Apple - EVERYTHING is encrypted by default these days. To make matters worse, you can't encrypt the Drive folder if you are using it.
A lack of encryption is genuinely a joke, it should be standard. No encryption means someone can break into your house, pick up your NAS and then have very simple access to everything stored on it.
For the above simple reasons, I have been unable to properly move onto a NAS solution. And to be honest they are crappy reasons, they shouldn't be problems in the first place.
I know there are a lot of people here who are both very helpful (thank you already in previous threads) and passionate - so you think I have done something wrong please let me know.........