I am looking to purchase a NAS drive for home use to store family photos, videos, Movies, documents and backups.

I was comparing the Synology DS 423+ and the DS 923+. I am also open to create a similar form factor DIY solution with comparable performance or better.

For storage I was debating between 4x 6TB WD RED Plus HDDs with 1 drive raid redundancy similar to Synology SHR. Would you be able to assist in choose the ideal solution. I do have a seperate virtualisation micro pc which i can use for dockers and virtual machines.

For the same price do you prefer the qnap ts-453e or que qnap ts-464 ?

I am replacing two WD 500 GB Enterprise Storage HDD's and would like to know if any SSD will suffice. If not, what product is recommended.

Hello,

Help please. A friend gave me their old NAS but the new Plex is incompatible with it apparently. I'd like to get a new one that can store my videos and music. I already have 2 WD 4TB Red plus NAS HDDs.
I use Plex and PlexAmp on my computer currently, but would like to move all the Movies, TV shows, and music to a NAS so I'm not running the server on my computer.
I use a PS4 to watch the shows I have through the Plex app, but am open to using just the NAS if possible. For music I use a Raspberry Pi loaded with Volumio that can access the Plex server. I've looked at the QNAP AND Synology but am open to any other brand. Too many choices!

Must haves:
Easy to navigate interface. (Either PS4 controller or phone app)
Remote access (to listen to music on my phone)
HDMI out

Nice to have:
Storage for Photos as well. (1-2TB)
Quite when running
Energy efficient
Optical Audio Out (unless HDMI has replaced that as the best quality)

Thanks

Hello, I've been watching the channel for a while now, and I absolutely love the content and I'm thankful for the amount of time you put in it. I figured doing my own research would help me figure out what I want and not waste your time.
No dockers or VM ever. Currently no surveillance, but thinking about it later. If I do then probably 1080p-4k cameras maybe 4 at most. Only use case is Jellyfin server and personal backup of files. Typically movies are 1080p and rarely 2k. Typically I watch movies from a handful of drives. Dont plan to change but rarely at max 2 simultaneously streams would be useful as I travel places. Even then I'll probably offload a 2tb nvme and probably rarely ever use streaming. Just good to have. Looking at Synology ds1621+, gives me room for future, SHR is amazingly awesome, the xs model is cool but overpriced for me. Better options? Would the 1621+ support enough GPU resources for 1-2 encoding streams or enough for 1-2 native playback? Too old age for 1621?

Hi, I'm following your guide to build the Nas on JONSBO N3, I prefer the I5 option but i'd like to stay away from REALTEK NICs since they Wake On Lan and other options are really bad, i couldn't find the SATA multiplier board on amazon Alternatives?
I'm currently running Truenas on an old notebook with broken screen and 2 USB adapters for 3.5" disks, it's working OK but I'd like to build a proper NAS, therefore your recommendations & advice are greately appreciated

I am looking to invest into a Synology NAS for basic home use. Primarily to backup photos, and some videos. I may look into using it as a Plex/Jellyfin server for myself. I do want to future proof it so I can upgrade RAM or networking. Initially I'll do a RAID 0 but I'll get more drives to do a RAID 5. I was thinking of getting two 4 TB drives to start.

Looking for thoughts or opinions on this board. https://cwwk.net/products/cwwk-q670-8-bay-nas-motherboard-is-suitable-for-intel-12-13-14-generation-cpu-3x-m-2-nvme-8x-sata3-0-2x-intel-2-5g-network-port-hdmi-dp-4k-60hz-vpro-enterprise-class-commercial-nas

Hey I bought the 450 after watching your video on it and just realized that it doesn't have an hdmi port. Can I still install unraid on it or should I be returning it and get the 923?

Hi I have a drobo 5N that has failed (main board has blown some components), but i only have a partial backup of the data, what is the best way to recover the data from the beyond raid system? Iv seen a few companys that will recover the data but they seam to be very expensive.