Synology BeeStation

[profdraper]

Anyone had any experience yet with the new Synology Beestation? And especially in relation to using Apple devices: macos,ios etc.

BeeStation | Your personal cloud journey

Create your own cloud in minutes. Keep all of your files and photos in one place for access whenever and wherever you need them.

bee.synology.com

Looks good in principal (we also have a Synology NAS here & works very well delivering media). However the Beestation is aiming at a different market with ease of setup and access for less-technical familiy members for personal cloud backup & retrieval od music, photos,film etc - & one would presume, perhaps Time Machine and/or Carbon Copy Cloner images.

Synology BeeStation 4TB review: This simplified NAS is amazing

The BeeStation distils the essentials of a NAS into an easy-to-use package that costs just $199.

www.androidcentral.com

The thing is, am still wondering about functionality for Apple devices given Apple's walled garden approach for Photos & Music in particular.

How do I transfer photos and videos from iCloud Photos to BeeStation? - Synology Knowledge Center

Synology Knowledge Center offers comprehensive support, providing answers to frequently asked questions, troubleshooting steps, software tutorials, and all the technical documentation you may need.

kb.synology.com

 

[hobowankenobi]

Good questions...

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

I can't see a single 4TB HDD being fast enough for most things over the cloud. (Flashback to Airport Express w/ Timemachine)

Average sized photo albums and small files like PDFs and text files might be okay. But if a user has a large photo album, even populating the thumbnails might take a moment.

And TimeMachine will be slow.

I know using a 4TB SSD would make it more expensive, but at least it'll be easily useable. Or they should have made it two 2TB HDDs in Raid 0.