I am researching Synology NAS servers now. I hope to be able to make a purchase within a year. My primary use will be a Plex server. Instead of buying a 4 bay NAS I may save up to buy a DS1821+

Is Plex available as a standard app for the DS1821+ ??? I've run across videos where Plex is not easy to run on some Synology devices. As I'm a total rookie with these devices I'm hoping that running a Plex server on a DS1821+ is easy. I am unable to locate a video with information about running Plex on a DS1821+

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Hello
Firstly, thanks for the video on the disassembly of the Synology DS920+. I used it to repair my unit, which failed to power on at a specific time of day; everything else worked fine. I guess the CMOS KTS battery voltage was low, in fact it was 1.0V when it was removed. Once replaced the unit would power on at the right time.

It didn’t seem sense to run the unit over night, hence it was timed to turn on at 10am and off at 10pm. I bought the NAS in February 2021; I would have expected a longer battery life.

Do you have any thoughts on this? Perhaps extend the battery connection to an external holder, to minimise taking the unit apart.

Many thanks

I have an under-utilised AceMagic AK1 Plus running Proxmox. I'd like to install TrueNAS Scale on it and add extra hard drives (possibly 4 x 1TB, or there about, mechanical SATA disks).

A DAS seems like a sensible option providing better data speeds to the other VM's & containers on Proxmox, via the USB 3.0 interface. Can you recommend any suitable options? It would be great if there was a DAS enclosure under £100 (even if I'd need to downgrade to a 2 bay model).
Thanks in advance

Dear NASCompares Team,

I seek your advice on a NAS for a 100 TB Plex library, supporting up to 20-25 simultaneous users (Would 16Gb of Ram be enough ?) 4K HEVC/1080p X264 streams (average 4.7 Mbps, up to 9 Mbps). With a 10 Gbps fiber connection, I'm debating between a powerful processor for transcoding versus a non-transcoding option with client-side transcoding.

Which NAS model suits this, considering performance and data security? Also, advice on the optimal RAID configuration for such a setup would be invaluable.

Thanks for your expertise.

Best regards,

Anthony Filippi

- lots of family photos and videos (migration from Google Photos)
- photo/video backup from mobile devices and AI assisted search
- 2.5Gb ports
- Home assistant
- Virtual Machines
- up to 6 IP cameras for surveillance

I thought about QNAP TS-464 8GB with two 20TB drives to start, then I will add two more 20TB drives later and maybe more RAM for the VMs and an NVMe drive. I found the QNAP MARS app very interesting as an automated way to transfer all the media from Google Photo. Do you have anything else to recommend or suggest? I could also wait until spring or summer before buying, but not more than 6-7 months from now. Thank you very much!

So I have a friend who lives in a country that only has access to the internet through cellular data. His options are limited to Routers that can take a SIM card. He is interested in getting an Asus gaming Router to take advantage of its hardware and software features. The issue is the Asus Router does not have a SIM card slot. Could he potentially use a SIM Card Router like the Nighthawk M6 5G and enable bridge mode then connect it to the Asus router's WAN port to act as a modem? The ROG Rapture GT-BE98 also supports 4G / 5G Auto Mobile Tethering through USB so I am guessing that might work as a backup.

As primarily a PC (all Linux Mint) backup (via rsync of LB & timeshift local backups) destination will any SSD based NAS buy me anything on a 2.5Gbps LAN? If so, is the flashstor 6 my best bet or a 2-bay with some nvme + SATA SSD drives?

On a bit of a different topic... I had hoped to use Active Backup for Biz on the Synology but found that the client agent only works on older kernels (5.13) effectively killing my hope to do 'pull' backups on the NAS... anybody else have a 'pull' solution that works with Linux clients?

Hey there -
I currently use Dropbox for my small team. We do quite a bit of video work, mostly broadcast with some editing. Currently I have a 30 TB limit at Dropbox and since its not unlimited any more I'm looking at alternatives since I'm full. There's probably quite a bit in there I don't really need, but always left because it didn't matter. We have a couple of locations we work from, where the NAS would be has 1 gig up and 1 gig down. The others are around 250-400 up and down. What direction should I head?

I Need a NAS which can host a couple of light Dockers, Handle 1( Ideally 2) 4K HDR Plex stream + some critical backups (ECC?)

My biggest need is to be as low HEAT as possible as the only place i can put it is the Pantry

It can be buildable or an on market solution.

Hello. You previously assisted me by suggesting I use Tailscale to access my NAS remotely. I've implemented this, and everything is functioning properly. However, I'm experiencing speed issues when the drive is mapped through the VPN/Tailscale IP (100 etc.). I've attempted to map the drives using the local IP address (192 etc.), and it appears to work faster. I intended to have both mapped so they're ready when I'm away from the home network, but the problem arises when both are mapped—it seems to encounter issues and won't access the NAS, stating it's already in use. Can you provide any advice? My goal is to access it both remotely and locally. I don't mind slower speed remotely, but I want maximum performance locally. Thanks Paul