Currently I'm using an old LinkSys NSLU-2 with a 500GB USB drive as a NAS for storing photos, music and documents so they're accessible anywhere in the house. Speed isn't great so I tend to use local copies of photos with Synctoy to copy to the NAS. I also have a PlayonHD with a 1TB HDD under the TV in the lounge for videos, but that is slightly noisy so doesn't get left on permanently. I recently bought a Panasonic home theatre system that can read media on a NAS without using DLNA, although the UI is better with DLNA on the NAS.I'd like to replace/supplement this lot with a decent but inexpensive NAS that will become the primary location of photos, videos, music etc. This will sit in a study room in the house, connected by Gigabit ethernet. Requirements are:- at least 2TB capacity- Gigabit ethernet connection- USB connection to allow future expansion / file transfers- (preferably) cloud connection to allow remote access- (preferably) DLNA server- low power consumption and maintenance free - so almost definitely not a full-blown server- preferably available in NZ at a reasonable price although I'm not averse to amazon/youshop etc- I don't think I need RAID. I will use the NSLU-2 and offsite backups (portable HDD stored at work) to protect important stuff, and accept the risk of loss for downloaded materialAny recommendations? The Seagate Central and WD My Cloud look good so far. There seems to be a smattering of awful reviews online for any device, I guess some people are just unlucky and/or have strange requirements/expectations. I'd be interested to hear what fellow NZ geeks have used for similar purposes and what your experiences are
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