214se vs 214play

[TomBelgium]

Hi,

I am new to NAS but since I need to do something at home regarding storage I am looking at the different possibilities.

I have one main PC at home, one laptop and two mobile phones (Windows Phone & IOS) all with their own storage.
I am leaning towards a NAS for central storage. I understand that there are several ways to do so. One is using the NAS as a file server and access everything directly on the machine from laptop & computer or another way is through syncing the folders.

I am leaning towards the 214se since the low cost and excellent features but I am wondering if it has sufficient performance. I hope that people with some more experience can advice me.
I am a hobby photographer so I work with hundred of files of about 15 MB on a daily base.

Thanks for all help

 

[thiggins]

If all NAS access is via wireless connections, NAS performance doesn't matter. All wireless connection methods are slower than even the cheapest NASes.

 

[stevech]

Kind of a sacrilege to access a NAS only wirelessly.

 

[TomBelgium]

The main PC, where all the photography work is done, is connected directly on the same Wifi router than the NAS through ethernet connection.

 

[stevech]

The main PC, where all the photography work is done, is connected directly on the same Wifi router than the NAS through ethernet connection.

That makes sense.

 

[TomBelgium]

That makes sense.

The question remains offcourse: would the 214se be sufficient in performance?

 

[stevech]

The question remains offcourse: would the 214se be sufficient in performance?

I'd say yes. My DS212 is faster than the 212j, but not as fast as others. Total non-issue for me as I rarely do anything that uses a lot of CPU time. Just NAS shares and transfers and so on are I/O bound and don't use much CPU. So for most use cases I'd say don't overspend for CPU speed. But spend a bit more for the 4 year horizon - which is why I didn't get the DS212j.

 

[TomBelgium]

Thx for the advice Steve.