QNAP TS-412 Digital Home Series (Diskless) 4 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

QNAP TS412 - Excellent
After spending much time researching the various NAS drives available this was the one I settled on.
There are a large amount of configuration options within the NAS, perhaps more than enough for the average technical home user.

I have an atom PC (running windows home server) connected to the NAS drive via a Gb switch which is also connected to 3 x Popcorn hour A210 boxes, which allow the sharing of all my media and even applications through the TVs

This setup allows me to run a SQL server, MySQL server, IIS web server and a PHP web server.

There are plenty of backup options for most scenarios within the NAS. 2 x Gb ethernet ports to provide load balancing and redundancy in the correct environment.

I have 4 x 3Tb HDD in the NAS. They are not in QNAP's compatibility list, and they only cost

QNAP TS-212 Turbo 6TB Network Attached Storage with Built-In UPNP/ DLNA Media Server

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Turbo 6TB Network Attached Storage with Built-In UPNP/ DLNA Media Server

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Turbo 6TB Network Attached Storage with Built-In UPNP/ DLNA Media Server

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 4TB (2 x 2TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 4TB (2 x 2TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 4TB (2 x 2TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 1TB (2 x 500GB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 1TB (2 x 500GB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 1TB (2 x 500GB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 2TB (2 x 1TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 2TB (2 x 1TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 2TB (2 x 1TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 6TB (2 x 3TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 6TB (2 x 3TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 6TB (2 x 3TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series (Diskless) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series (Diskless) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series (Diskless) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

Qnap 4TB TS-212 Turbo Nas Built-in Upnp/ Dlna Media Server, Itunes Server

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

Qnap 4TB TS-212 Turbo Nas Built-in Upnp/ Dlna Media Server, Itunes Server

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

Qnap 4TB TS-212 Turbo Nas Built-in Upnp/ Dlna Media Server, Itunes Server

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 2TB (2 x 1TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 2TB (2 x 1TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 2TB (2 x 1TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 8TB (2 x 4TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 8TB (2 x 4TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 8TB (2 x 4TB) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 6TB (2 x 3TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 6TB (2 x 3TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 6TB (2 x 3TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

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Qnap 2TB TS-212 Turbo Nas Built-in Upnp/ Dlna Media Server, Itunes Server

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

Qnap 2TB TS-212 Turbo Nas Built-in Upnp/ Dlna Media Server, Itunes Server

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

Qnap 2TB TS-212 Turbo Nas Built-in Upnp/ Dlna Media Server, Itunes Server

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

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QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 4TB (2 x 2TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Very flexible, very reliable, great box that continues to delight
It appears this NAS box is loved or hated on the reviews, I personally love it.

I imagine some of the difficulties experienced by other users could be a faulty box, their other equipment, a different firmware version or different needs. But with my set up (iphones, ipad, macbooks, imac, ps3 and windows PCs) I now have a great experience.

I now have my NAS set up to do the following things with no issues
- Stream all types of media to ipad, iphone, macbook, ps3, Apple TV, Sony Network TV, windows PC
- Be my time machine backup for two macbooks
- fileshare (copyright free or freeware) files
- Set up as RAID 1, so I have two copies of data to reduce risk of data loss

I've some bigger drives on order, after which I will migrate over my iPhoto library, and back up my iMac.

Good points
- Quiet, uses hardly any power, MUCH QUICKER and more likely to stream video than a USB drive connected to a network router
- Unlike...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 4TB (2 x 2TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Incredible piece of kit
Ok, where to start? If you are reading this then you must be thinking about a NAS server. I'll try and review my one as best possible.
I researched these (my one is a Qnap 212-TS Turbo) for about 2 months along with the Synology 212J and as far as I'm concerned this IS THE BEST.

Just a short note to also say I bumped into the I.T. lads at work, told them I was getting one of these and they said they are "incredible, do everything and anything and they install them for all their client" - Gotta say, I felt a lot better after this as I knew I'd chosen the right piece of kit.

So, out of the box we have the enclosure. Nice looking, tidy, solid piece of kit with plenty of flashing lights on the front. I went for ordering two seperate 3TB drives (Seagate 3.5 inch 3TB Barracuda Desktop Hard Drive) after I looked up the compatibility on the Qnap website. If you are wanting this type of...

QNAP TS-212 Digital Home Series 4TB (2 x 2TB WD Red HDD) 2 Bay All-in-One Desktop Turbo NAS Server Multimedia Station

Some fundamental problems
I advised my Brother-in-law to get this product so that I could install NAS on his home network to provide safety and a central storage repository for all the family. The hard drives (2*1TB) were purchased separately and I took on the responsibility for making sure the whole thing worked. I spent a very frustrating weekend trying to get the system operational and realised that there are some fundamental issues with this product.

The instructions and Youtube videos imply that it is a trivial job to install the hard drives and get the unit operational. That was not my experience. I followed the start up instructions to download and install the latest firmware and following apparently successful update the unit refused to initialise. After spending hours on the internet and attempting all of the procedures provided on the QNAP website, I never obtained the steady green light showing the unit was ready for use. As soon as you look on the web you find that this is a very common...

Click to Editorial Reviews