First of all, apologies for asking the same old question.
After missing out sooooo many deal on these NAS, I finally decided that I needed one, and that is not a FreeNAS.
I am currently comparing between DS918+ and TS-453BE. My budget is under $700, if possible under $600.
I am a Windows and Android user and prefer that flexibility, and read advice from NAScompare that Windows user will be much happier with QNAP, yet editor choice goes to DS918+.
My question is: it is said that Synology cannot open rar, mkv, and other formats, just like Apple won't. Is this true? How about it is connected through Windows as a shared network drive?
I am a rather technical person and happy to fiddle a bit but not too much.
I am happy to hear any recommendations for NAS under $700, my use case are:
- Plex media server, FHD is ok, but 4k for future proof would be nice.
- IP camera system, whichever kind is ok.
- VM - need to run VMs from time to time.
- Cloud storage - Accessible anywhere via internet.
- Web hosting - host my low traffic web page and mail server (preferred not a must since web hosting are cheap anyway)
VMs will struggle on the Celeron…
Can't find anything to suggest you can't unzip files with DownloadStation though. Not sure what you mean by open mkvs.