Hi I have a Synology DS715 which I use for storage at home. We get fairly regular power outages which normally only last a minute or so. I am looking for a budget UPS with USB connection to the NAS. Would you be able to suggest any? Thanks for the help Alban

Might be stupid question, but watch the video on the disassembly of the synology ds920+ and knowticed the pcie x1 port for the m2 slots. I know I would have to cut the case, but could this port be used for 2.5gbe or maybe 10gbe Nic. Don’t use the usb if it would need to be disconnected. The drivers for the card would be part of the synology software would it not.
Thanks in advance.
Barry Litzow

My son & I are into photography and would like to have a NAS setup to store & backup our photos.
I recently bought a drone so will be having videos too.
I plan having a CCTV system installed at home so need to allow for that on the NAS too.
We've been using external desktop hard drives (2 x 8TB ones each) but had to manually backup to both, sadly, my son's main drive just fell onto the floor and doesn't work now and as he hadn't backed it up onto the second one for a while he lost a lot of photos, airshows etc.
I have almost 2TB of photos at the moment, my son about 1TB so we were thinking about possibly a 3 or 4 bay NAS and either having 2 x 12TB to 20TB drives and sharing the first one and copying it to the second one, then a smaller NAS drive for the CCTV (not sure what size needed, possibly only 1 or 2 TB?) which doesn't need to be backed up.
Been looking at Youtube videos and Synology ones seem the best?
Are we on the right track and can you recommend which model to buy please.

Good day,

I want to find out if the hard drive in the Synology BeeStation is encrypted. In other words, if someone were to physically access the device, open it up, and remove the hard drive, would they be able to read or access the data stored on it? Or is the data protected and inaccessible due to encryption?

Best regards,
Ivan

Slowly uploading data, specifically TIF photos. When I try to view the TIF photo, I get a black screen. How can I view the images from the NAS? It supports the viewing of JPG images.

I want something that can do cloudstorage , i can use jellyfin and plex aswell as retro games via emulation software like Retroarch and LaunchBox 4bay

My Qnap TS-653 pro fitted with 6x 6Tb WD red Drives recently crashed (possibly after auto update during night) and is now stuck in system booting mode. I am waiting to do the 100 ohm resister mod to see whether that recovers system!. I was looking at getting another nas enclosure which i could just slot my existing drives into so as to recover my data. If this is possible, please can you suggest a suitable NAS. I think my exiting drives are in raid 5 (losing 1 drive to parity?) Thanks in advance. Steve

I have about 10 TB of Movies on PC setup as PMS. I want to set up dedicated NAS PMS. I have been looking at Synology DS 423+, QNAP TS-464 8G and Terramaster F4-423 as options with 2 Seagate Iron Wolf Pro HDDs (16-22 TB) set up in RAID 1 leaving to Bays for future expansion. I would probably upgrade RAM and install 2- 1TB NVME drives at initial setup to maximize performance and future-proof NAS. I have about 10 people using the PMS on and off (some on LAN and other externally) I try to set up media for direct stream but notice transcoding often occurs as media is played. Any suggestions would be appreciated

Hey NAS Compares team,

I’m a power user with a Synology DS718+ primarily used for Plex streaming and backing up computers. Running out of space and looking to add at least 2TB in the near term. Here’s my current setup and questions:

Current Setup:

Drives: 2x WD40FFRX-68N32N0, 3.6 TB each
Used Capacity: 96% (3.4 TB of 3.5 TB)
RAM: 16 GB
CPU: Intel Celeron J3455, Quad-core 1.5 GHz
Questions:

How outdated is my current setup? Should I upgrade? If so, to what?
Is adding a Synology Expansion Unit DX517 worth it?
Considering adding a Crucial MX500 1TB SSD cache. Is this a good choice or are there better options? What improvements will it bring?
What RAID configuration would you recommend for performance and cost?
Thanks for the help!

Currently have a DS920+ and it's working great with 4-18TB drives. I NEED a backup solution though as I'm adding films that are UHD (about 50-90 gigs) and I'm at about 25% that's not currently backed up. After watching/reading a bunch of your stuff (and other sites), I think I've come to the conclusion that instead of buying a Synology DX517 to use as backup--I'd buy another Syn NAS for that. However, I share my Plex library with family and a couple of friends, SO I'd use the 920+ as a transcoding NAS/backup and a newer 923+ as a local Plex server/backup that wouldn't need transcoding (the 923+ has a Rizen) as I'm using an Apple TV and I've connected the NAS to it with Ethernet. I would hope that I could use the 923+ locally and still get my 4K films to play without issues. I hate that Syn can't improve their current lineup, but I'm more comfortable with their GUI. Would this be the way to go for my use case? I need to move soon as I'm nervous about my lack of backups.