SynologyBeeStation 4TB Personal Cloud Storage Device (BST150-4T) Black

Beestation has worked flawlessly under W10 and W11 so far. My main critique is the documentation is a little hard to follow.Beestation has the following modes of operation:1. Desktop -- this mode establishes a cloud drive as part of your file system. The default is on the C-drive, though you can move it to any attached drive. This is very convenient for a single user. It is a poor way to go if you are sharing the same files across multiple PC's (IMHO.) The reason is if you change a file (or do a backup) on one PC, all the other PC's have to update their cloud images and this makes for a lot of network traffic.2. As a mapped network drive. This mode works well if you are sharing the same information across multiple PC's.3. As a file server. You access the files via a web browser. This is convenient if you are temporarily accessing (upload or download) files from a PC that has not mapped the Beestation's folder(s.)4. Sharing the Beestation with other users. Each user has their own account and can access the drive via the ways mentioned.Thus Beestation is quite flexible and should operate as fast as your network allows. Though I have not tested how well it works when being accessed by multiple PC's concurrently.

I was looking for a simple, reliable, affordable personal cloud storage option. This thing checks all the boxes. Plug and play, you don't have to be an IT geek to get it up and going. To be fair my only hiccup was during the initial setup it kept failing to complete the install, after over an hour of frustration I finally found a page on the Synology website that informed me that the site was temporarily down for maintenance and updating. Tried it again the next morning an voila, easy peasy! Wish they would have made it a little easier to know that little detail. Even with that, it deserves 5 stars, this thing is just what I was looking for. Love it!

Synology BeeStation One-Month Usage ReviewAfter using the Synology BeeStation for approximately one month, I would like to share my evaluation. I primarily use the Synology BeeStation to back up photos and videos taken with my mobile phone.1. Reasons for Choosing Synology BeeStation and Its Advantages1) Convenient Automatic BackupThe automatic backup feature from my mobile phone to Bee Photos within the Synology BeeStation is extremely convenient.2) Cost SavingsPreviously, I used Google Drive and Dropbox, but the monthly subscription fees were burdensome. The Synology BeeStation has freed me from these recurring costs.3) Affordable and ReliableCompared to other products, it is reasonably priced and provides stable data storage, which I find excellent.2. Areas for Improvement and Enhancement1) Performance OptimizationWhile the performance is generally acceptable, photo uploads, downloads, and deletions take a noticeable amount of time. It would be great if RAM expansion capabilities could be added to improve performance.2) App Improvements NeededThe Synology BeeStation/Bee Photos app requires several enhancements:Improved accuracy of facial recognitionAddition of private/secure folder functionalityIntegration of advanced features available in Synology NAS systemsThank you

This is a great backup device for simplicity.The instructions are extremely clear into how to set everything up with scanning a QR code.Everyone complaining that they can't get the device to work is likely just impatient from the slightly long initial startup time. This additionally works with Mas OS Sequoia. Everything was seamless during the update.If someone says it doesn't work with an OS update, they likely did something else to cause their issue.The BeePhotos and BeeFiles app are great. BeeFiles is similar to google drive, where it can sync to a folder on your device. BeePhotos is basically a toned down version of google photos. There is unfortunately no dark mode on these apps.It is extremely easy to share files and albums between users. My one complaint is the link will open up the album in the web, versus in the beephotos or beestation app. Hopefully this will get addressed, but it is not a huge issue.Time Machine works great, which is the primary reason I got this machine.While this doesn't work with a Plex Server, you can view the files locally on a device and a tool, such as VLC and such.This is useful for viewing home videos and photos.The one downside to this device is that it only runs off 1 drive, where many NAS drives will have 2-bays.I recently purchased an external drive to act as a backup device so I don't solely rely on the beestation and the one drive.I will try and update my review after I report how my solution works.

Pretty terrible.Says that it is "one click install" and works instantly with mac.Not my experience.Wouldn't immediately initialize. I suspect it had been returned by someone else and had to be reset. They had very minimal instructions for this.After installing, there is a limited couple of iphone apps to do basic file access.Zero instructions on how to set up with the mac finder as an external drive. Not even sure it is possible.Zero instructions on setting up for other devices such as an ipad or fire tv to access it.This is probably a return. For a product that advertises "ease of setup" this is a real failure.