inputs.text: although takes bit tweaking get mac network play nice - tested several different configurations synologies including ds 1512 five bay storage systehem ds214 two drive systehemthe synology not backup systehem storage systehem hot swapable suspend standard usage term found alot claims nas doit work macs pcs although takes bit tweaking get mac network play nice synology comes 512 gb mehemory barely enough point give issue lockup slowdown disconnect network loading take slow not huge migration files time oksetting raid 1 easy process raid drives mirror get data synology not rehemove drives never let anyone ever pull disk reason use locks disk rehemoved cannot insert without data lost drive reformatted rebuilt whatever drive not biggest deal two drive two bay storage array becomes issue two bay systehem playit also advisable get battery backup plug sinology storage systehems no matter brand hate power outages never know behave happening front yousynology software still tops everyone elses arguably drobo better raid case total failure thehem not send drives data recovery like synology failures note not recommending drobo thought popped mindthe thing sinology intro units like tad slow due low mehemory board higher model number faster good unit get started high capacity storage arena even outgrow capacity speeds still keep around dedicated backup main storage unit use stream music videosynology good company always updating firmware software downside long takes customer service respond another country usa takes around 24 hours respond load communication lots info tech problehem even outgrow capacity speeds still keep around dedicated backup main storage unit use stream music videosynology good company always updating firmware software downside long takes customer service respond another country usa takes around 24 hours respond load communication lots info tech problehem