I'd be really grateful for some advice. Apologies I didn't know if this was the best forum to post this question.
Despite having very little IT skills I've managed to set up a Synology NAS drive to store audio files to stream to a media player. This is the only thing I want to use the NAS drive for.
I used the 'recommended settings' and all works well so far.
I found this information on Cambridge Audios website (who manufacture my media player):
When looking at any sort of drive, having a completely separate backup is by far the best option. Please be aware that RAID drives (that have two internal drives with mirrored content) are not a perfect option in this case. RAID is designed to give high availability but if an error occurs in one database it will occur in the other- potentially ruining both. Buying a single drive NAS that backs up to an external drive is a more robust solution in terms of an audio network.
I bought the drive with two installed discs in. I don't understand from the above information if there's a better option to choose on the Synology rather than the standard raid option I am currently using to store these audio files? Please could someone advise? I do have a portable external HD I plan to use as a backup so do have a 'plan b' backup option. I plan to rip around 250 CDs so this will take up less than 500GB and I bought the drive with 2 x 2TB discs.
Thanks very much for your help
AbLondon
Despite having very little IT skills I've managed to set up a Synology NAS drive to store audio files to stream to a media player. This is the only thing I want to use the NAS drive for.
I used the 'recommended settings' and all works well so far.
I found this information on Cambridge Audios website (who manufacture my media player):
When looking at any sort of drive, having a completely separate backup is by far the best option. Please be aware that RAID drives (that have two internal drives with mirrored content) are not a perfect option in this case. RAID is designed to give high availability but if an error occurs in one database it will occur in the other- potentially ruining both. Buying a single drive NAS that backs up to an external drive is a more robust solution in terms of an audio network.
I bought the drive with two installed discs in. I don't understand from the above information if there's a better option to choose on the Synology rather than the standard raid option I am currently using to store these audio files? Please could someone advise? I do have a portable external HD I plan to use as a backup so do have a 'plan b' backup option. I plan to rip around 250 CDs so this will take up less than 500GB and I bought the drive with 2 x 2TB discs.
Thanks very much for your help
AbLondon