That’s the “feeling” I had. I switched to a QNAP at home, mainly because it was cheaper for the hardware you get. But, if it were for business, I’d pay the extra to get the equivalent Synology. That’s my take on it. Synology has been around longer and seems more established…I’m not saying QNAP is bad, but if I lose support or something doesn’t work right at home, it’s an inconvenience. But for my livelihood, I’d spend the extra money so I’d sleep better at night.
If you get to the point you need the full-bore paid version of PDM check out DDM, they’re from your neck of the woods. Current job uses DDM with Pro/E & SW and as an end user it isn’t hard to learn (know nothing about the admin side).
Difficult to track. Bitcoin is not trackable. Too many way to hide their connection with VPN and encryption.
And they might in place where all you can do is drop a bomb or nuke.
Ok so I didn’t read all these posts, but I have a question for the OP, what is the purpose of your NAS? Solidworks Files? I definitely recommend using SW PDM. If you have SW premium, it comes with basic PDM.
We are a small shop. When we got our second license of SW 3 years ago I got pro so that we could start to use PDM standard.
The deal breaker was the additional costs:
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They might not be big in the scheme of things but we were also employing our first dedicated CAD user, buying a new license and PC.
I know that if we continue to grow at some point in time we are going to have a real headache.
