Buyer intelligence
How Bayplan decides
Short pages under the planner. Maths, the 8 TB line, redundancy in household language. Each one ends at a configuration — then a merchant search.
Open the plannerMethod, in public
Guides
Layer 1
How the storage target is calculated
Current data, yearly growth, horizon, headroom. No invented overhead.
Layer 2
Why 2 bays or 4
The 8 TB line, half-open intervals, and why transcoding jumps the queue.
Layer 2
Mirror vs single-parity
Household language for RAID. What it saves you from, and what it does not.
Layer 2
The three media labels
No media server, Direct Play, or may-transcode. Coarse on purpose.
Buying
Drives: class, not SKU
NAS-rated CMR, a size band from the plan, then a merchant search.
Buying
FAQ
2 vs 4, RAID is not backup, why there are no prices, how the links work.
Trust
Method and provenance
V, R and D. What this version will not invent. How merchant links work.
Already know the class?
2-bay NAS
Named 2-bay enclosures in the current set. Search, not a SKU.
4-bay NAS
Named 4-bay enclosures. Capacity line is 8.0 TB in the planner.
NAS-rated CMR drives
Desktop drives are a poor fit in RAID. Class only — no part number.
UPS
A NAS should shut down cleanly on a power cut. Companion, not the box.
Merchant search — price lives on Amazon or Scan. Commission tracking is not live yet. Disclosure