My 12 year old ReadyNas Duo is dying. Time to replace. I use this for staorage, LOTS of photography and Music and Videos I stream wirelessly in my home network via DLNA. I want at least the same functions. Likely some I do not even know I want as been a long time since I looked. RAID, but which? 4 Bay for expansion in sytorage.

DS423+ looked like the sweet spot until I read your review. Whick would you pick?

Thanks.

~Bob

Researching QNAP for Plex but will likely spin up some basic VMs on it over time (Home Assistant, etc.). I have 9 kids; 4 have moved out but would stream remotely. Video library is 99% H.264; assume I can make sure any additions are as well if this reduces transcoding? Worried about outgrowing the TS-464. Nearly got the TVS-h674-i3 but overkill? $1,700 before drives. Considered TVS-h474 but the PT CPU and I figured the larger chassis is better if a GPU (P2000) is ever needed. Think I've ruled out TVS-x72XT. Have 1Gbps fiber Internet and some hi-end networking gear (with several 10G & 2.5G ports available to the NAS). 25U Enclosed rack in basement so no noise concerns. Thoughts? I would populate the m.2 slots - but what do you think about SSDs for the main bays? Best RAID level for Plex performance? Using Ubiquiti UDM-SE Pro with NVR so I would likely not use it for cameras. Thanks!!!

I'd buy a new Synology to replace my ancient one but I've got a basically endless supply of used SAS drives (8-12TB a piece) from decomm'ed equipment.
What's a good hands off QUIET box I can shove them into then forget about for the next ~5 years? 8 hot-swap SAS bays would be perfect.
Bonus points if it comes with hardware transcode.
Keep in mind I'm in europe so some stuff in unavailable to me.

I have (stupidly/stubbornly) been leaving my QNAP NAS accessible on the internet with no security in place. recently I have been getting attacked by hundreds of IPs trying to hack the password. I have taken my NAS offline and I am ready to set up a security system so that I won't be victim to ransomware (Hopefully it's not already infected) QNAP gurus suggest using a Raspberry Pi as a VPN server. Can You suggest the same or something easier for a neophyte? Thanks and love your content!!!

I recently bought a 5-bay and a 10-bay JBOD enclosures made by Sabrent. Unfortunately, they died at about the 30-day mark and Amazon refunded my money. Perhaps I bought my 9 20TB Seagate EXOS drives prior to buying the enclosure and, now, I find that most JBOD enclosures out there (nominally) max at 18TB drives. Bottom line, I'm stuck with the drives and can't find a box to put them in. When I saw this Terramaster T12-423, I thought it might fit the bill. . . except for the price. Can you justify why it's worth the money or recommend another box within my budget, please?

Thanks for your help.

Lawrence Stevens

I'm looking into purchasing a Synology Nas this holiday season to transfer my Plex server from my main PC. I need to be able to play seamless 4K movies in HDR. I have 7 users on my Plex account (one in Japan) and would like them to be able to use it while I watch a 25-40GB 4K file of "The Dark Knight" for example. Love the channel, but would love to hear your personal feelings on my situation.

Hi base on your reviews, I purchase a TVS-h874-i7-32G-US, with 5- IronWolf Pro 12tb hard drives (RAID 6) and 2- 500Gb SN700 NVMe SSDs (RAID 1). Planning to use Plex with Fire TV 4K max streamers. All is up and running. Primary concern it the theater. I understand that the Fire TV Sticks don't pass though DTS.
1) What does the Fi re TV transcode the Auto into when the Source is DTS 7.1? Does this represent any significant loss of audio experience?
2) If so, what are my options to resolve?

Thank you so much for the help.
Larry

Hi, I have a NUC8i3 running PMS, local database, no media data, with PlexPass and (USB) 2.5 Gb ethernet network connection combined with a DS1010+ (with a mix of SATA2 and SATA3 disks) connected by LAGG 2Gb eth. I would like to place my primary video and perhaps music library into a more powerful SATA6 based NAS with 2x1Gb LAGG or 2.5Gb etherent. I presume Music files demands are not an issue. I recognise that the PMS device should ideally be upgraded to improve 4k transcoding. That is a wip.

What NAS series or model (2-4bay) would you recommend for the data to maximise/optimise data transfer to the PMS? It runs as a pure NAS, no apps. Is 2.5Gb network connection sufficient between the PMS and NAS esp with increasing file sizes and the demands of 4K material. Do I have an issue that even needs solving?

Thanks in anticpation.

Hi!
First of all ... big thank you for sharing your knowledge - I am a NAS beginner with no IT-background and know most of what I know from your YouTube - channel.

My question is:
Is it an advantage / does it make sense to install two 1TB SATA SSDs using RAID 1 on a Synology DS1621+ purely as storage pool / volume for DSM 7 and packages when setting up the system
and then, in a second step, add 4 SATA HDDs to the DS1621+ in a SHR (or RAID 5) array as data storage pool?
I want to use the DS1621+ mainly for photo & video editing and got curious about using a mix of HDDs and SSDs when I saw videos about e.g. the QNAP TS-h973AX, which offers the possibility to add HDDs as well as SATA but also NVMe PCIe SSDs.

What about using an M.2 SSD storage pool on the DS1621+ for DSM and packages?
Would there be any advantage in e.g. having the Lightroom catalogue and photos that are currently being edited on an SSD storage pool / volume (either SATA SSDs or M.2 NVMe SSDs)?

Kind Regards!
Mario

I'm looking for a nas to share my 4k video library on my devices! at home it will be my NVIDIA shield which will do the decoding but on smartphone or tablet a transcoding to 1080 may be necessary on occasion if the bitrate is missed