This has been a very long debate, and one I read ALL the time on every forum. Yes, you can build a homesystem using WHS, and yes you are likely to get features not found on these devices, but imo, NAS's are a great simple solution.
They are great at what they do because they're simple, efficient, they dont require frequent windows updates each week, you dont have to worry about updating drivers etc
I have a synology CS407 which did cost an arm and a leg, but its well worth it imo.
Its exactly the same debate, as to why buy a popcorn hour PC, when you can build a HTPC for the same sort of money? I've been there and done that! In my home AV setup, I want simplicity, not windows updates, regular crashes and constant driver updates.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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This has been a very long debate, and one I read ALL the time on every forum.
Yes, you can build a homesystem using WHS, and yes you are likely to get features not found on these devices, but imo, NAS's are a great simple solution.
They are great at what they do because they're simple, efficient, they dont require frequent windows updates each week, you dont have to worry about updating drivers etc
I have a synology CS407 which did cost an arm and a leg, but its well worth it imo.
Its exactly the same debate, as to why buy a popcorn hour PC, when you can build a HTPC for the same sort of money?
I've been there and done that!
In my home AV setup, I want simplicity, not windows updates, regular crashes and constant driver updates.