Bought a DS120j when my BiL passed away because I wanted to back up his DVD and cd collection as well as my own and not have bookshelves filled taking up space.
We barely made a dent in the 4tb and it worked fine for what we used it for.
Had twins and decided to add Disney, sesame Street and other stuff. Realizing I could save even more on streaming it's now full and I'm still wanting to add more stuff as it is handy.
Thought I'd ask all the real hoarders how to upgrade my system and ask questions.
So the ds120j is a single bay unit with a drive inside.
If I bought a 2bay Synology unit that comes with one drive, and just pulled the drive out of what I currently have and swapped it, would that work? Or is it better to buy another single bay unit and connect them together somehow?
Is the Synology system and interface in the drive Bay or the drive itself?
I've never been able to get Plex to work with my drive, both my Samsung TVs recognize it on my network for access but would it be better to figure that out? I've looked at off-site access and it seems i need my own Internet certificates and to actually know what I'm doing... Am I missing something about how easy it really is or is a Synology quirk that's a pain and I should have bought something else?
When should I worry about redundancy?
Appreciate your advice and knowledge.