EXternal Hard Drive Advice...

[blueroom]

It most likely won't be able to connect. Some switches will strip jumbo frames. YMMV.

 

[anarti]

I may give 4.2 firmware a go as it sounds promising 🙂 I'm on 4.0 right now.

Synology does not come with harddrive, yes, but at least you can choose what you require. It's not cheap alltogether, but good piece of tech was never cheap!

 

[blueroom]

Just a heads up.
4.2 beta may have a bug with Time Machine backups. It may say corrupt backup, delete the old backup and start again. Did it once for me and a few users on the Synology forum.

Try 4.1 first. Synology's pretty fast with updates and I'm sure 4.2 will be out of beta in a month or so.

OP, the local vendor has a DS213+ @ $425 available. Must resist temptation , there's absolutely nothing wrong with my DS212j 🙂

 

[JoelBC]

It most likely won't be able to connect. Some switches will strip jumbo frames. YMMV.

Thanks, I will try this over the weekend...

OP, the local vendor has a DS213+ @ $425 available. Must resist temptation , there's absolutely nothing wrong with my DS212j 🙂

I feel like an idiot as I just noticed that we live in the same city...I live in the Yonge / 401 area, where are you.

Where can I get the DS213+ for that price as I will even let you come an play with it but, before I do, how old is the model and is it due to be replaced?

Thanks,


Joel

 

[blueroom]

Just PMed you.

The DS213 = 2 bay, 2013. It's new. The 214 will probably be out this fall.

For a single user the 213+ is overkill and aside from speed (it's a dual core PPC) the 213j will do everything the 213+ does.

 

[JoelBC]

Just PMed you.

The DS213 = 2 bay, 2013. It's new. The 214 will probably be out this fall.

For a single user the 213+ is overkill and aside from speed (it's a dual core PPC) the 213j will do everything the 213+ does.

Appreciate that but where did you see that excellent pricing on the 213+...I have this philosophy to always go as fast as you can afford -- within reason of course -- as speed is irreplaceable and can extend the useful life of a product...still in the deciding / looking stage...

You have PM by the way...