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NAS with RAID for streaming to Sonos Connect

Hi all,

My music library currently resides on a USB external HDD connected to my laptop.   If I reboot my laptop, or connect to a customer VPN (or my own company's VPN), the external HDD loses connectivity to SONOS of course.   Also my home office is farther away from the wifi router than optimal, and I need a better solution.

So I want to change to a dedicated NAS that will always be available to my SONOS Connect (which outputs via coax interface to my preamp >> booksheld speakers) and SONOS Play speakers.

With that in mind, an somebody recommend a simple home-use NAS with RAID?      We really don't watch movies,  and my music library is currently less than 1TB, but will grow in the future most likely, so a smaller, two-drive NAS should suffice, unless somebody has another suggestion.

I'm looking for something that I can buy in one shot with HDDs loaded, even if the base unit comes empty, I want to get everything from the same vendor in the same purchase if that makes sense.    I don't want to do excessive fiddling with it to get it to work.  It will sit on or under the bookshelves and attach (I hope) directly to the router.

Thanks in advance,

Eric Zwicky
Richmond VA
ezwicky

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ezwicky OP
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Thanks flrun24.    My setup (and file storage) are pretty basic.   My work laptop files get automatically backed up to my company's cloud (and every time I make a change to any document locally it syncs with the cloud), and my wife and I really don't have a whole lot else that matters to us except for photos, which will also be stored to the NAS and backed up to the external HDD.

Good to know I've ordered something that will be useful.   The main driver for thinking about this was the fact that when my laptop is off or I'm connnected to a VPN, the external HDD becomes disconnected from the SONOS Connect streamer.     Now I will have a dedicated storage, always-on, and sitting within a couple feet from the streamer.

Thanks again,

Eric


ezwicky OP
26 posts
 
I just did some reading in the forum archives and see where RAID is not really meant for backup, so I withdraw that criterion.   

With that in mind I am thinking about something along the lines of WD My Cloud, and periodically back it up to an external HDD.      

I would be copying my music files to the NAS from the HDD that I use today anyway, so I've already got my backup device.

Just need to figure out which NAS to buy.   I'll continue to read posts on this forum (and elsewhere) on the topic, but would still appreciate any advice on specific device.

Eric
ezwicky OP
26 posts
 
Thanks everybody.     I ordered this one a few minutes ago.    I'll attach my 4TB external USB HDD to it and make regular backups.

 Synology DiskStation 4TB DS118 1-Bay NAS Enclosure Kit with Seagate NAS Drives (1 x 4TB)

I appreciate the advice, I think this will be sufficient for my current and future needs.

Eric
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