Glad to hear it helped someone

You have to order and pay in EUR, otherwise if you pay in GBP, amazon works out the exchange rate. To get it in GBP for £258, you need to pay in EUR with a credit card that doesn't charge you any fees.

Don't see why not, it's a storage solution, so any OS can connect to it

From the synology website.

Your files anywhere with cloud service;
DS215j brings you comprehensive cloud service. Cloud Station lets you sync files among DiskStations and multiple devices, including Windows PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, as well as Windows mobile devices, whereas 2-way sync allows file synchronization among different DiskStations. You can even sync your DiskStation with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, hubiC, and Baidu Cloud — establish your hybrid cloud to enjoy more storage flexibility and prevent data loss.

Works well as a time machine. Or you can sync with symbology software. Media server / remote folders can also be used.
I use it for a Windows laptop and am android phone whilst my partner uses the same synology with her Ma Book and iPhone.

It runs AFP as well as SMB and other access protocols (ssh, sftp, ftp etc) so yes, good for the Mac. Supports Time Machine, with a separate user and you can set quota limits to the TM user. It is connected to a UPS, such that if the mains goes off it shuts down files and services so it doesn't suffer if the power doesn't return.

Order from Germany and send me £20... Everyone's a winner!

haven't tried it myself, but you may want to look at http://www.makemkv.com/
you can then keep the files on a NAS solution like this - mirror the drives in case one fails and you've got a decent media library, which you can play from your TV

Some thoughts and info about this product.

I've had mine for 5 months now and too sum it up its good!



After ripping the DVD using a PC, yes you can store it onto your NAS. Using linux and the afp protocol to connect to the NAS I was able to view ripped DVD content using VLC media player, however I did need to install some codecs and libraries before it worked.

To view the content on your TV you are going to need a interface i.e. a pc or raspberry pi 2 that will connect to your TV and will interface with your NAS over network, which will allow you too view your content.




You can install third party applications for Synology but you have to add a third party repo called SynoCommunity, with it you can host your own LAMP server have mySQL database and can do many other things as well, the device contains 512MB of ram and has a dual core processors at 800mhz, not too sure on heavy database with gigabytes of data though but the possibilities are there.

Overall I am happy with this device the synology android apps are superb particularly the DSFile app on android which allows me to use my nas as my own dropbox. Synology also provide your own DNS via Quick Connect which allows you to access the NAS from outside the local area network.

Very easy to map network drives, also there is the option to use NFS protocol for unix machine which can be setup using the easy web interface. Speedy file transfer, getting around 100MB/s +- 20MB/s file transfer over gigabit.
Some bad points:

The cloud sync features is rubbish and confusing to use, would prefer to use rsync or cron job etc.
No second gigabit Ethernet port, may be useful for fail over or link aggregation.

Plex used to support DVD ISO and Vob files, but they dropped support some years ago. The reason is that these formats are interactive - DVDs contain menus as well as the video/audio streams and you can't stream a menu.

So the only real alternative is to convert the video and audio streams on the DVD to a more modern format (like MKV) and play these on a streaming player. Of course, you loose the DVD menus and you have to pick which bits of the DVD you want to convert to MKV- film, film + extras, film + alternate ending + bonus material, etc.

With Sonos, you just share the music on the Synology and point the Sonos at it. You don't need to run anything special on the Synology. Don't know about SmartRadio.

Hi, i can't see it for £290 on dabs.com, i see it for £344 for the ds215j, i see the ds115j model with 6Tb storage (so 1 single 6Tb drive) for £293, but that's a different model and single drive only.

Sorry, you're right, my apologies.

It's if you select the diskless Synology DS215j unit for £129.99, in the listing information is an option for "Bundled Deals", and in here you can see the option to add 2 * WD Red 3TB drives for a total price of £290.
Good price if you're looking to buy from a UK seller.

I personally still prefer to save the 10%, and by from Amazon which I've done, even though it's coming from Germany, it will still have great support, and it's 3 year warranty from Synology.

Totally agree, I went through several brands of nas before a friend recommended the Qnap TS-453 Pro, lovely piece of kit.

Sorry My Mistake the + £381 was for 4 x 3tb drives and a 4 bay unit .

no you want the one with HDMI out TS-25X range..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/QNAP-TS-251-Performance-Network-Attached/dp/B00KXP9T4A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448194109&sr=8-2&keywords=qnap

I went for the 4 bay QNAP TS-453, for me it does so much more in one box, i no longer need a device to run media to my tv as the NAS outputs it direct (so no buffering).

I'm going to try putting windows 10 on it then see if it will stream my xboxone...

Yes you can do that.... if you don't want RAID 1 i would do JBOD as if 1 drive goes on raid 0 you've lost it all...

Hi,
I ordered when i posted this deal, so 17th Oct.
At the time i ordered it was showing as "out of stock", with a 1-2 month delivery time, which i went with.
Then 2 days later i got an email to say it was back in stock, it shipped over the weekend, and i receive it yesterday from Amazon, so 1 week from order to delivery, not bad.

it's now expired, back up to the higher price