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

First of all, thank you very much for the countless videos that gave me so much input.
You're doing a great job, you also provide important comments,
side notes and possible pitfalls - very good - keep it up!


Now about the current "AOOSTAR R7" I'm wondering who is
currently "copying" the devices from whom or who the actual manufacturer could be.
You can now find various “manufacturers” of the new R7 design on aliexpress.
For example here:
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005114092600.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005114092600.html
Do you have contact/information about who the real manufacturer could be?
Could the copies also be a recommendation if they came from the same factory?
Thanks alot
p.s.
could you say something to the power (VMs, NAS, transcoding) of the
4 ethernet socket variant - AMD Silve 3050E 4LAN ?

Hello,

I would like some advice on buying a NAS replacing my DS214PLAY.
I also have a Qnap on the side only to store but my DS214play was for backup and eventually for virtual machine or dockers (which doesn't work..)

I intend to keep my 2TB in raid 1 in my new NAS (already have the WD red Hdd) and to add what's necessary to manage virtual machines or dockers (like Nvme ssd) : home assistant, jellyfin, qbitorrent, backup app, VPN (if it works).

I saw the 224+ but I'm seeing the limitations of it if I want to have faster access with virtual machines, it seems or would it be sufficient to manage for it? It doesn't seem relevant to have nvme on external USB to manage virtual machines or am I wrong?
M.2 Sata SSD would sufficient instead of M.2 Nvme SSD for my purpose?

I'll have a 2,5GBe grid between my NAS only and one computer, mainly to monthly copy big files.

What would you recommend as a new NAS and with which config for my purpose, please?

Thank you,

Félix Roux

Good evening, I am looking into getting a NAS system for the first time after years of frustration with cloud services due to cloud service data caps and subscription costs. I have minimal server/IT experience but am eager to learn the ins and out of NAS. I am hoping to get a system that is capable of secure remote access from my personal laptop and Iphone as well as remote access from family members phones and computers to share and store photo and video data. I hope to still utilize the google suite for file creation and editing (drive primarily for school). I plan on having a dedicated google account for a cloud backup of photos and videos (under 15 GB) and a offline failsafe backup SSD to backup to from the NAS on a monthly basis. I am hoping to understand which brand to go with (Synology or QNAP) to replace cloud photo storage and gain a streamlined remote access via multiple IOS devices. I look forward to hearing from you and thank you for the amazing information already.