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Hi there chaps.

Long time viewer of your channel.

I am suffering from analysis paralysis with my NAS pre purchase research.

I am interested in the 923+ because of the 10gbe option. I run a Mac Studio which has a 10gbe network port.

If i connected the 923+ directly to my Mac Studio through additional 10Gb port - is it possible to also connect one of the 1gb ports to my router (also 1gb) and proved network access back out to the Mac via the 10gb connection through the NAS box. (LAN and Internet connection etc.)?

secondly I presume I want 7200 rpm drives but buying four to start with is going to be pricey so i thought I would start with a partial system and build capacity over time with SSD and extra ram and HDD.

Presuming i populate with just 2 HDDs what would be the best way to get about 6TB of storage with redundancy. I will also be hoping to avail of cloudsync to mirror this into my cloud services for an off site BU as part of my overall BU strategy.

Many Thanks
James

Hello there!

To answer your first question, yes, you can connect one of the 1Gb ports on the 923+ to your router to provide network access to your Mac Studio. This will allow you to access the internet and other devices on your network through the NAS box while still using the 10Gb port for direct communication with the NAS.
You can start with two 6TB drives in SHR setup. This will allow adding extra drives easily. Faster spinning drives are louder, but it might be the only option with bigger-capacity drives.
WD red plus seems to be quieter.