UGREEN DH4300 Plus VS Synology DS423 VS something else?
So, am a noob, though relatively tech savvy. I just can't be bothered to build my own custom NAS and learn everything right now. Maybe later, but right now I just want something easy to store everything and clean up the fragmented mess that is my data storage right now.
I already have 2x Ironwolf 4TB drives, and I'd buy two more, even though they're almost double the price I bought the old ones at 3 years ago... So anyway, 4 bay minimum. I'll do RAID5 (or with Synology, SHR) giving me almost 11TB of space.
Use cases would be general file archive to replace having them local on the PC and on Google Drive, media library, and video editing if possible (though I can live with copying it all to my PC's SSD while editing, I'm editing very occasionally)
Prices here would be
- Ugreen DH4300 Plus for 479€
- Synology DS423 356€ (Outlet unit, returned by original customer. Normal price is 447,99€)
So the Synology is 123€ cheaper
As far as I can tell, Ugreen has much better hardware, but Synology has better, more mature and reliable OS. Some people are saying you could install TrueNAS on the Ugreen, though that seems like a hassle, especially if you already have everything setup with their OS.
With regards to the media library stuff, like running Plex on it, is the HDMI connection of the Ugreen that necessary, if I have my main PC connected to my TV with HDMI anyway? And the TV is a LG C1. So couldn't I just stream the media to my PC which outputs to the TV, or even straight to my TV with some app? Or just access the file over the network on my PC and output to the TV?
Also, I'm sure I'll be upgrading after 2-3 years, and that's fine. I just want something ASAP, especially since we have no idea what's gonna happen to HDD prices soon.