I am a home user. Hobbies include photography and videography. I'd like to find a back up storage solution for my home. I have a Pc which I do my photo and video editing from and would like to back up the system and files.

I'd like to connect my wifes laptop to back up her data.

I'd like to also be able to back up our phones and tablets.

I'm currently paying google cloud storage 2tb.

I've had my eye on the Ugreen dxp4800 plus, seen it on sale for around £490. Watching your videos, I think I'm set on a 4 bay nas rather than 2 bay. My videos are shot in 4k.

For hdd i was thinking wd red as I read they were quieter and the unit will be in my lounge! If I have understood correctly, 4X 8TB nas will recommend RAID 5 and ultimately I'll have 24TB of capacity?

Regarding cache size of the hdd, the dxp4800 plus has m.2 bays, so would it be reasonable to have smaller cache size hdd? Do both m.2 bays need to be populated?

So I’ve been teaching myself as much as I can as fast as I can lately. Either the help of AI have created a generative ai architecture where I use Huggins face api then will keep mom as I call it for MY OWN MANUS , stored locally! I can deploy different models for different tasks but ultimately mom stays with me and keeps our projects and inventions, ideas locally. Problem is I’m almost done and I don’t know what to purchase to store MoM. I do t want to throw my money down the toilet only to have to purchase total upgrades in the short term future. I would like to use what I purchase now and be able to expand later but not necessarily have to buy the same parts but better in near future. I’d also like to be able to access it from different sources, web, phone and easy setup but also have to worry about security. $1,0000 is at the top right now but if I have to I’ll figure something out to come up with more. I don’t like to think about storing in the cloud. It with my budget??

Hi People

So I have a Synology DS214play. It's pretty old at this point but it's been a good unit.

I work from home (as does my wife) and we both need to store quite a bit of stuff. We do use Plex but I reckon I can get the encoding/decoding done at the client end on most of the dongles (Android TV) so I'm not too worried about the lack of hardware acceleration from an onboard graphics accelerator.

After mulling over the very latest restrictions placed on the latest generation NASs from Synology I'm very tempted to go for the slightly older five-bay 1522+ and mix and match a variety of hard drives I have floating around waiting to be brought back into use.

At home I'm on a fibre to the home broadband link of 300Mbps and I'm currently relying on Devolo wall plugs to feed the internet link around my home (or via wi-fi) so I do not think I'm going to need 10GBps Ethernet anytime soon (though I see I can upgrade if it were ever needed).

Two questions

1. Can I use any old NVME storage brand and can I make them storage pools - officially or not?
2.  Ditto for the RAM. Do I have to use official Synology RAM and what is the unofficial/sensible expansion limit on this?

Thanks for any tips/insights/advice...

R

so I have a F4-424 Pro and it has 2 m.2 i put 2 1 tb in there. i'm curious how will it benefit me? I using it for only plex.

Thank you for your post ?
It has been invaluable in letting me choose which memory card to buy!
I went for the mid-priced Timetek 16GB card.

After a few hiccups, I discovered another post that recommended removing ant nvme cache (in the correct way via System Manager).
Having done that, I added the RAM card (without any disks or ssd) ... and it wax recognised !!
The added the 4x 12TB disks back in.
Finally, I re-inserted the 2 WD Black 1TB nvme cards.

Everything all working OK ???
Keep up the good work ,
Geoff

I am currently tossing up between the TS-464 and DS423+. It will generally be used for Plex usage, constant surveillance recording for Reolink cameras, as well as general photo and other backup solutions. I wouldn't say I'm a power user so I do have hesitations about QNAP usability but worry that this Synology is likely the end of the line for hardware transcoding. Was wondering if you could also provide general advice on the best hard drives to pair with any solution.

This is for my dental office and I will be backing up patients charts and X-rays. I will probably need to back up 4-6TB max. I also like to steam 100 Disney movies to 10 TVs. I am looking for a solution. I was hoping to get synology DS1525+ but with 10 TVs, I hear QNAP is best choice but not as polished.
I was thinking 3 drives to back up dental , and 2 drives for movies.
I want a new model

Hi Guys,

Thought I would reach out and see if anyone can help me with this pain. 

Recently have bought a Ugreen 4800+ and obviously need to fill it with drives. Issue is, the large HDDs are eye wateringly expensive whilst the mid sized ones seem too poor for £ per GB. 

Are there any places where you would recommend finding cheap(er) drives or even refurbed? 

Thanks

Hi,
I’m planning on building my own DIY NAS
Using: - Jonsbo N5 case
- ASrock TAICHI Lite x870e mono
- AMD Ryzen 9600x
- Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE cooler
- I’m looking for a Corsair PSU with more 4 Molex connectors.
- A Samsung Gen4 or Gen5 M.2 SSE as a boot drive.
- 32GB or 64GB Kingston Server Premier ECC ram
- M.2 to SATA adaptor or SAS PCIe card
My questions is as following:
- What kind of cables do I need?
- how do I know how Powerful PSU I need?
- How long Molex cables?
- I’ve see several videos warning against using Molex (fire hazard, frying the HDD connected to it) thoughts?
- On the Jonsbo there is both Molex and SATA power connectors on the hard drive backplates. Do I need to use both? If not, which to use?
- Do I need extra “grids” the other places I install fans? Like the 3 that is supplied with the Jonsbo?
- If SAS PCIE card (extra SATA connections). Should I get a RAID or HBA card?
- Anything else I have forgot to include? Extra fans (front or side panels)?

Hi,
Is the review of the Aoostar going to be ready soon?
I’m trying to deside if I should go for the Aoostar max, if it a good buy? Or go for DIY. The prices on pc parts has gone up quite a bit in Norway this last month, so the Aoostar might be cheaper and just as good.. so I eagering to find out what you think of it

Kind regards
Kenneth