simple NAS Solution for D/L and Media Service

[Elrood]

Hello

currently I am looking for a NAS Solution to meet my needs.

At the Moment I am using my main PC for downloads and all kinds of long term operations and I use an USB Harddrive on my Samsung TFT (it has an USB Input) to watch my media (movies, pictures) on it.

Since carrying around this USB Drive all the time will not help its endurance, and using my high Watt consuming PC for download operations doesnt help my electric bill, I was looking for a reasonable cheap solution at some NAS.

So what I need is this:
- download client supporting (jdownloader, rapidshare, torrent)
- fast (enough!) media output for HD content.. we mostly talk about mkv files of around 10 GB per movie (1080p)

I was looking into some solutions like the Synergy 210, 210j or 211j, which are discussed controversely, but I dont really know what those people are expecting of their NAS. How does the USB Port work on them? as a master or a slave (can I connect it to my TFT-TV and use it simply as memory device?)

I would think that my expectations are rather low, since I would only use part of the functionalities, but they are very much crucial and both MUST be fulfilled.

Any advice?

Thanks a lot

P.S. the TFT TV supports DLNA and LAN. Does this mean I could play media via Ethernet?

 

[Elrood]

no one?

*push*

 

[ntm1275]

Referring to your suggestions of the Synology 210, 210j, 211j
The DS210 and DS210j are to be discontinued and replaced with the DS211 and DS211j

download client supporting (jdownloader, rapidshare, torrent)

All Synology NAS's have their own built in download client which support Megaupload, RapidShare, NZB, BitTorent, HTTP, FTP and eMule, but I cannot find any mention of jdownloader, but it has been discussed in their forums as a future 'wish' for users

fast (enough!) media output for HD content.. we mostly talk about mkv files of around 10 GB per movie (1080p)

Both the 211 and 211j will stream HD video with ease over a Gigabit connection, if you intend to use Wireless or a 100Mbit connection they may struggle with 1080p as the connection speed is the limiting factor not the NAS
If you intend to want to stream and download at the same time, the 211 may be a better option as it has more RAM (256MB), the 211j has only 128MB RAM

How does the USB Port work on them?

The USB port is intended for you to connect external hard drives, wireless dongles, memory sticks, USB printers etc
The port cannot be used to connect directly to a PC via USB, that's what the NAS's LAN connection is for

P.S. the TFT TV supports DLNA and LAN. Does this mean I could play media via Ethernet?

Yes, all Synology NAS's support DLNA/UPnP DMA
The NAS itself can stream any video file format, but the limitation will be on the formats that your TV's Media Player supports