Hi mate, came across your YouTube channel, can see you are extremely passionate about this subject and would love your help.

I currently have TB after TB of hard drives everywhere and really only looking for a great DAS solution.

I have no need to access them when I am not at home, but the DAS enclosures out there seems to be very limited.

I am looking for an enclosure that does RAID 5 internally and can hold up to 8 bays,

I have seen the OWC thunderaby 8, which gets the write and read speeds I need. But the raid isn't internal.

Any help would be much appreciated. thanks

I have an old 8 bay Drobo device I want to replace, what is the best unit to upgrade to? Is there a unit similar to the old Drobo. I’m overwhelmed with choices. I especially like the Drobo because it kind of set itself up and I really didn’t have to to anything but replace defective hard drives. I’m looking to replace this unit before it dies… it running on a windows 11 pc. Any guidance or a specific unit I should get, please tell me… I’m not a tech nerd, I just know how to plug and play and follow directions. If something goes wrong I might be in trouble trying to figure out what went wrong… is there something easy to plug and play, that has some easy to follow set up instructions and support videos?

Actually this is more of some feedback for you. I recently purchased a UGreen DH2300 NAS, which at first sight seemed great. However it it was missing Docker and it continually was contacting somewhere in China. After a few weeks of use it now seems to be faulty as it will not boot and only displays UGREEN banner. I had two new Toshiba N300 drives installed. Anyhow, although customer services is really responsive, they cannot arrange a pickup until 2nd January 2026 as their Customer Services are shut for 3 week. As this device is new it may be worth monitoring long term reliability

Been wanting to get the UGREEN DH2300 but currently only have a single ironwolf pro 6TB (ST6000NT001), and will be getting another one to work in Raid 1. It is however, not on the compatibility list on the official site, so I am quite hesitant to make the move. Any advice or thoughts?

My hardware -- Synology RT6600ax, Synology DS1522+ (43.6 TB, Synology Hybrid RAID SHR, 1 storage pool, 2 volumes - ~22.5 TB business/~12 TB home), tp-link TL-SG-108E 8-port Gigabit smart switch.
1G ISP.
Need reliable/secure network that can serve home needs as well as needs of a small home engineering/PR business (home/business preferable segregated, but both accessible for some home users).
Is there a white-paper or other docs/sources that describes "best-practice" architectures for this type use-case?
Thanks

A UGreen DXP6800 system will be used for editing a low-budget 7-part streaming series inside a small trailer/caravan. Complications:
- Need to transport NAS + battery + Apple Studio
- Cannot put the any of these 3 items in the trailer – need to be outside the trailer with cables fed inside
- We are in rural northern New Mexico with many rough dirt roads; hauling trailer with a Honda CR-V
Request: An affordable solution to safely transport the NAS system + Studio + battery without being smashed to bits by rough terrain and that will keep the NAS cool in hot New Mexico weather
Thus, a “cushioned” means of transportation that also allows for cooling to avoid overheating.
We considered a cooler with freezable inserts (not actual ice), but: a) concerned about condensation, b) would not allow for venting unless you leave it open or punch a hole in it, which would prevent cooling

Hey there! I have a bit of a monster JBOD system I would like to turn into a single solution longterm plex server. I have spoken to many many "experts" over the last year in preperation for this and even when talking to Synology's own customer service I feel like nobody knows what they are talking about. That is why I really need the expertise of someone who does.

I have 125TB currently so room for growth is ideal but not a priority. I did this sort of backwards by collecting every movie I figured I would need and then transferring the disc to an ever growing number of usb HDDs. I would like to have it all on one location for streaming in house and when on the go. The media is mixed but will include 4K

I realize my list of options are fewer at this storage size but the differences in cost can be thousands and I dont want to have any kind of buyers remorse. Which system do you think would be best?

Hello, my daughter is autistic, so I have been saving up for a reliable system for her home movies , pictures and Music. I want to have icons on her TV that show either home movies or pictures or music . In fact she has an Ipad and she will have the same icon layout on her ipad! I read that PLEX is the way to do this and have heard so many great things about Unifi equipment. But I have been told that PLEX is not supported that well on the Unifi NAS. is this true or now. What would be your best recoomendation?
thnaks

Hello,

First off, I love your videos and I will absolutely use your links to make my purchases.

My issue is this...

For reasons that are too complicated to go into, I am suddenly in a rush to purchase the N5 Pro and I'm a NAS novice. I'm overwhelmed by all the extra things I need to purchase to make things work. I was hoping you could make recommendations based on the planned usage, which is:

- Minimum 60TB usable storage.
- Maximum practical (not Raid 1 or 10) redundancy (Raid 6?). Files are valuable and irreplaceable.
- Used primarily for storage of client files, family photos and media collection. Ideally, also as a media server (emby/transcoding), proxmox (secondary storage pool? NVME SSD?), backup of surveillance footage (originally captured and stored on Ubiquiti router), and game server (Batocera).

So what specificly would you recommend I purchase for:

- RAM (which brand? what capacity considering use cases? ECC?)
- 5x 3.5" SATA HDDs (WD Red Pro? I'm scared how expensive this will be for desired capacity)
- Which configuration of SSDs (I know the N5 Pro has some options with the daughter board or an adapter or something), and which SSD NVME drives to purchase?

I have a moderately reasonable budget but want to keep things reasonable if possible.

I can't thank you enough for being so accessible for help. So appreciated.

I am looking for a case or better yet and older PC that has the power to run a OMV instance with up to 6 drives. Mostly for storage of backups and media files. I am very partial to Dell computers but I haven't found an older PC that can hold 6 drives. Any help is good help