U-Green are a brand very much on the up in the enthusiast community.
Synology have recently been forced to row back on their dick move regards drive compatibility. It’s cost them a ton of sales and even more in goodwill.
Well yes, but I’d argue that high availability isn’t a huge issue in a domestic scenario. And if you have one drive fail then I wouldn’t trust the other not to shake itself to bits during the full merge after you replace the dud
While I have had a drive fail on me recently, more important IMO are the usual threats of fire, flood and stupidity so I’ll leave this here
for that budget I’d be buying a HP micro server and installing TrueNAS/FreeNAS
I won’t touch synology with a bargepole.
Been checking out their docking stations given that I currently have a work laptop without DisplayAlt mode for some reason and a personal dock at home which doesn’t do DisplayLink.
I can’t comment on specific hardware, but I would make sure that the NAS runs the version of LMS that you want by default. Some older or packaged NAS systems would have an old version, and may lack security or features (especially Qobuz integration?)
There’s a lot to be said for having something that gives you more control, as per @thebiglebowski mentions. Indeed you could get a £50 used mini pc and plug in a USB drive. (Plus an extra drive for backing up!)
I’ve had a look at the process for installing LMS on a NAS and it looks like it could easily go very tits up for someone with my low level of expertise.
The idea of using a cheap mini PC as suggested by @AmDismal appeals as it’s relatively within my comfort zone. Anyone know whether something like the below with a portable hard drive would work ok?
Personally I would get a smaller thing like this
Install Ubuntu and LMS, add a HD. Should just work, really, and gives you control.
I use a Beelink similar to this, and it’s up for months at a time.
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