Best single bay NAS unit for NDX

I do have a Synology DS211J NAS, and selected UPnP server. It works very fine with the nStreaming app. Sounds are brilliant.

I can wholeheartedly recommend Synology...

I have had a DS212j for about 3 weeks, fitted with a single HDD.  It streams WAV (transcoded from FLAC on the fly) to my NDX.  The 'j' models are more than adequate for music streaming...

Easy to set up, the software is great and I can access my FLAC library away from home on my iPad and IPhone.

What UPnP server does Synology use, Twonky? Or is it their own proprietary version?

It is their own proprietary server but also can run Logitech Media Server as an official supported application within the operating system.

Does it run well with Naim and Sonos too?

QNap runs Twonky and apparently loads of problems there?

The Synology server runs perfectly with my NDX, just as well as Asset UPnP in my experience...

I have a friend who runs a Sonos system from a Synology NAS and is perfectly happy.

But can you run Asset on the Synology NAS? Don't think so, I believe it requires WHS...

No you can't run Asset on a Synology (or any NAS for that matter), it requires a windows home server or PC/laptop.  I never suggested you could.  I merely stated than in comparison, the Synology server software doesn't appear a poor relation to Asset, which is widely recognised as one of the best music servers.

I have a QNap 219 which proves to be stable and reliable. It comes with both Twonkey and Logitech Media Server. The NAS itself is very good: silent, reliable and fast. However I don't like Twonky at all. It does what it is expected to do, but that's it (music play and quality is superb)..... No support, no tuning possibilities, no advanced settings to tune file-handling .... Nothing.... I still keep struggling with albumart from Twonky on my nStream. Believe me if I say I am quite familiair with pc's and networks, but I still can't get the albumart 100% working.

If I had to buy a Nas all over again, I would probably start with the UPNP sofwtare I would like (i.e. Assett), and search forthe accompanying hardware later on, instead of theother way around.

Yea , twonky as its name suggests, sucks. Always crashes. Anyone got any other Nas solutions?

Steve

Qnap TS-412 for me, no issues great product.

I am using QNAP 219P-II and Twonky. No problem at all. I wish Twonky's music tree has "genre/composer" which will make life easier for finding classical music. Other than this, I am very happy with this set up.

What album art problem do you have?

Why a single bay NAS?   One day the disk will fail (certainty) and without a mirrored drive, away goes all your music with it.

I'd recommend a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo (V2) with two hard drives installed. You'll thank me one day !

(but of course, if you're a gambling man...)

Vortexbox 

Works with NDX and other Naim streamers, Linn, Sonos, iTunes .... look it up with your favourite Internet search engine. 

Another Naim only one that works well is the UnitiServe. 

What you are suggesting is a Raid 1 setup. Yes, this will always have a current mirror of your operational disk. And I also wouln't recommend to go without one. However this is not the end of the story. Not so very long ago I have read of a NAS having fallen off a shelf. This was on this very forum. Both disks broke. Total loss of data in spite of Raid 1. A physically detached back up should be the least. Therefore Raid 1 is nice (comfortable if one dusk fails) but useless in the case of mechanical interference. A single bay NAS will therefore do the job just as well at an equal security level, if there is a physically detached back up.

Vortexbox has push button backup to an external drive. You can run it using RAID if you want. You can have it without the CD drive/ripper if you want. You can add a high quality S/PDIF out if you want, but not needed for NDX. [It can be programmed to wake you up with a cup of tea, but that is not so easy - OK so it can't do that, but ticks most other boxes].