Hi
I am looking for advice.
What I want is something that will host my photos and videos, and being able to play those videos from my phone or computer or TV via streaming capabilities.
Maybe also use something like Plex?

I might also stores some documents and files which I can download onto my device as per need.
Are the synology entry level devices good enough? I kinda liked the software and all

Would appreciate your advice

Is it poss to connect to a QNAP TS-873A using 2 different IP addresses ie 192.168.0.5 and 192.168.1.5

I have the first mapped at \\QNAP1\Main on the 192.168.0.5 on my pc and works. so i can access is by typing \\QNAP1\Main

But when i try to Map the 2nd one , I can only use the IP address.
I need to have a mapped drive on the 192.168.1.5 as \\QNAP1\Main as well because of the naming when i save to SMB shares. not sure if this is even poss to have the same name?

I need to save the data from my PC on the 2.5Gb 192.168.1.5

and then everything on the 1Gb 192.168.0.5 network can see the data.

tks

Hi, I have been watching you guys on YT for more than a year, very helpful! Thank you.

I have a DS1821+ and just acquired a RT6600ax router, as I noticed in your DSM 7 reviews that WiFi dongles would not be supported by Synology.

I am trying to use the RT6600ax to provide wireless access to my DS1821+. The goal is to access the NAS wirelessly using a Fire Stick 4K attached to a projector in the living room (single storey 2br apartment) and also use the RT6600ax to connect the NAS to the internet from the established Netgear AX2400 wireless modem/router in the kitchen.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

I have another dumb question: I will be moving from Europe to the US with my Synology 921+ which holds my entire movie collection. I am worried about a couple of things: a) power supply and b) router configuration settings - I am currently working with a fixed IP address.

I know nothing about networks but have somehow managed to set up my system to work just fine with Plex which is basically what I use the NAS for

Any quick suggestions for what I should focus on?

Hope you can help

I have a Qnap TS873a. Can i connect pc direct to one port ie 192.168.1.5 and then confirgure the 2nd port as 192.168.0.5 which is on the home network that can be seen by all my devices , my pc has a 2.5gb and 1gb connection.
i did goto network setting on the TS873a and set the ip on 2nd port to 192.168.1.5 but it asked the the default gateway. i left this blank.

is this the correct way to connect up.

Hi NasCompares Team,
Thanks for all of the great content provided, I've been following along for a while, even back in the SPAN days.

I have a question I hope you can help with. I've recently replaced a very old QNAP device at a customer site with a Synology DS1522+. The backup strategy is; that the 1522+ backs up using Hyper Backup to another Synology (1520+) located in a different building. The 1520+ then backs up to Backblaze B2 nightly, I'm backing up the backup to the cloud. Thankfully, I've not had to restore anything from BB yet, we're using snapshots for small restores. My question is, instead of backing up the backup files to B2, should I be running a secondary backup job on the 1522+ instead? I think for de-duplication purposes and granular restores, it might make more sense. What do you think?

Thank you again for providing this service.

Best regards,

Danny

Hi guys. Absolutely love your YT channel! You are so knowledgeable and know so much. That's half the problem! I've listened to so many of your videos I've got myself confused.
Wife and I both photographers. Combined we have about 6TB and growing of images needing looking after. Currently on HDD's and externals. Looked at QNAP and Synology 4 Bays with 4x 4TB in Raid 5. Tried QNAP demo software online. Don't like it. Too over complicated. Synology seems to be an easier UI for us.
Sole purpose is to backup images from 2x PCs and 3x Laptops and 3x Smartphones. Maybe a bit of music streaming as well. No video content or web hosting etc.
Like the idea of AI to identify photos - faces and things and places.
DS423 - Face recognition only due to 2GB RAM
DS423+ Better as more RAM - Face and Object
DS923+ - is it worth going the extra for this given our actual needs?

Such a minefield!

Kind regards
Nic (The Baffled)

Hi mate, I’m looking at a 2TB SSD for my PS5. Unfortunately I was away and missed Black Friday, anyway there are currently stilla few cheap options in Australia at the the moment and not much between prices so I was just wondering which one you think I should go for all 3 look good and I’m just an average gamer but still want a good SSD.
My options are
Kingston Renegade fury $219
FireCuda 530 $230
Samsung 990 pro $255

So just wondered if you could give me your opinion.
Cheers Aaron

New to NAS! We run a small family company.
We're looking for a solution to serve as a hybrid for both our private and business business needs:
-backing up family photos and videos, predominantly from mobile phones. (4 users).

-sharing work documents I.e. instead of emailing documents (internally), we want a shared folder and to have different folders set with different permissions/members (I.e. so a manager can have a separate folder for each employee, as well as a group folder). (7 people in our office).

-secure remote access- one of our managers lives abroad (as well as a family member who will be uploading photos). We need a solution that can work well for remote access. Ideally also for employees working from home on certain days.

- migrating work email server- ideally have this as our main IMAP server (7 users, currenly under 10GB)

-crm /phone contacts back up.
From what I read so far, Im leaning to the DS723. Correct?

I am not a tech person. I need a simple NAS to work as my Plex server.

My collection of movies has all been ripped from dvd's and blu rays I own. I have ripped them all in a program called MakeMKV - and left them in a MKV format. The collection right now is about 12TB. My house has 3 tv's with ROKU devices that we stream to, but never more the 2 at a time. Never us plex while traveling, and I don't share my plex with friends or family at this time. I have zero idea if there is transcoding going on or not. My last server was an old 4th gen I5 tower that just died.

The second half of this is I want to use the NAS to back up the families Iphones and Ipads. There is 5 of us. So, I want one that has a good Iphone app thats easy for the wife and kids to use (and me).

I can spend a few bucks if I have to but prefer to keep it more on the budget side. I was looking at DS723+ or maybe AS5402T ? TS-264? Something else? Which would better serve me? Thank you.