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Lightweight, quiet and versatile QNAP TS-230 2-Bay NVR storage server, the 0 is your ideal NAS for beginners. Similar images are classified in AI albums (including people, things, and places). Connect to NAS easily and securely using myQNAPcloud.
I've only had this NAS for a couple days, but so far I like it; see last paragraph for a possible concern. It has plenty of features, is easy to set up, completely quiet. I'm using it as a back-up (only) device for multiple Windows and Linux PCs, and not as a media center or a live file-sharing device. I had been using an old PC as a NAS, but that died, so I got this QNAP to replace it, since I wanted a quiet appliance I did not have to maintain. Both Linux and Windows can connect with the QNAP. I enabled Windows shares to make that easy, since that's how I had been operating with the old PC; the device also supports other options like NFS. I haven't yet explored the QNAP QSync, but I'm in no hurry because I have everything backing up using scripts I developed when I was using the PC.
Under Tell us more, regarding "Is it fast?", I hesitated before saying yes. The PC NAS I used previously, even though it was old, it was much quicker than this QNAP TS-230. But I still answered the question Yes because I don't think that is a fair comparison. The QNAP is a small, quiet, low-maintenance appliance. I knew buying it that it did not have the processing power of a full PC. If you want something as fast as a PC, buy a NAS with more memory and a more powerful CPU - you'll easily pay at least 4X as much. So, for what this QNAP is, it does a competent job.
A quick note for those who might be considering a similar replacement. I had a 750 GB drive in the PC for backups, and always had about 150-200 GB free. When I put the same drive in this QNAP and put the files back, I only had about 35 GB free. The NAS keeps some of the space for itself, so keep this in mind while planning. I'm going to get a 3 TB drive as a replacement.