Hello you have recently reviewed 3 USB4 10GbE adaptors
the IOCrest, QNAP and Ubiquiti

Do you know if the QNAP and Ubiquiti support wake on lan
i already purchased the IOcrest and am using it with an Asus X870E Hero

wake on pci-e is enabled in the bios and windows shows the option for it with the iocrest and its enabled but it doesnt work

i do have a pci-e card adaptor and it works with that so i know my setup isnt the problem
can you please test the Qnap and Ubiquiti to see if they support it

i dont want to use my pci-e card as it drops my GPU lanes down to 8x

Thank you love the channel been watching you back when you worked at span.com lol

I have to choose between the QNAP TS-464-8G with 4x Kingston DC600M 7.68TB or the TBS-h574TX-i5-16G with 5x WD Red SN700 4TB (or Samsung 990 Pro/WD_BLACK SN850X). My main use is 4K HDR Plex streaming, photo/video/personal file backups, and possibly some light video/photo editing in the future (but not sure). All my VMs are on my PC now, but I might want to run a BTC node on the NAS later (already running one on a Pi). I know the TBS is more future-proof with Thunderbolt and NVMe speed, but I don’t like being locked into only M.2 drives, with limited high-endurance options. The TS-464 feels more flexible (enterprise SATA SSDs, more raw capacity), but I’m worried it might feel outdated over 5+ years. Which setup is the smarter choice long-term, balancing future needs, endurance, speed, and flexibility? I know the TBS would be the smart choice but I am afraid on the SSD and low capacity, but the TS seems so much inferior in this case but way better with the SSDs and decent for my use.

I have a Plex Server running on a Windows 10 PC with the following configuration:

Asus Motherboard Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)
Intel Core i7 4790K - Intel® HD Graphics 4600
16 GB DDR3
1 SSD 250GB
4 HD 6TB each, totaling 24TB

Which video card should I buy for this system? What do you think about the suitability of an Intel Arc A380 Low Profile 6G AsRock Video Card, 6GB GDDR6, Dr. MOS - 90-GA46ZZ-00UANF ??? Does it match this processor well or should I also consider upgrading the processor?

After Synology's hardware lock-in, I decided to pull the trigger and get a QNAP TS-464.

Main use - family photo and video backup primarily and then maybe look into Jellyfin and Docker.

I'm going for 3x 8TB Ironwolfs and then add 1x 8tb Ironwolf (currently used as cold storage).

Is it worth getting 2x 1TB SSDs for RAID 1 and install QTS on it?

I'll have the NAS in my living room so I want to keep noise at a minimum.

Also is it worth getting more ram - 2x 8GB sticks? Or would the 8GB be enough for basic media and backup?

Also should I stay with QTS or is it worth going for QuTS?

Keep up the good work guys, this forum is a great resource for novices like myself!

Just curious, I have 2 2TB SN805x's laying around, and was wondering if I could use in those in the place of the paltry Synology 400g NVME's as cache drives.

I can't seem to find my answer anywhere. I ended up getting a Synology 1821+

I have purchase a unify drive ut2 now looking for the best software solution to replace iCloud

I am a technology prosumer / DIY.
I have a short depth 19' rack with Unify UDM Pro (10G SFP+)
Cloud storage user looking to buy my first NAS.
I want 4 bays for short depth rackmount, power efficient, not too loud.
File sharing, will explore docker, do photography and some video editing, 2 users. Some media serving/transcoding but little

I would consider DIY (I have built PCs) but it a tight built..
QNAP T435XeU ?

Hi, I think I have finally settled on which motherboard I want to use for my new NAS/homelab.


I watched all the videos and reviews from nascompares for N100, N150, N305, N355, but AMD mobile beast captured my attention as there is much room for play.

But now I have another problem: which supplier should I choose? CWWK or Topton

From reviews, I think CWWK was on the top, but I'm not sure anymore

I can see there was a price jump of about 20% over last month for CWWK!!! Also, I can't find 7940HS on Aliexpress from them.


CWWK 8845HS (heatsink JONSBO) for￡410.79
Topton 7940HS (heatsink JONSBO) for￡349.19
Topton 8845HS (heatsink JONSBO) for￡295.19

I'm happy to pay about 50£ more for 7940HS from Topton if it's a better choice, but I can't justify paying 100£ for CWWK 8845HS.

Can anyone tell me what s the difference is between those two brands and motherboards?
Is Topton worst than CWWK?

Is it possible to start with TRAID and at a later date migrate over to RAID 5?  I'm currently using two salvaged 6TB's and tomorrow I will be adding two 4TB's.  I'm not sure of the health of the two 6TB's (running a SMART test on them right now) so I will probably replace them with two more 4TB's at some point.

I am looking to upgrade my home NAS. I use it for backups, file storage, but primarily as a Plex server.

At the moment I have a basic 2 bay setup - Synology DS223j with 2 x 8TB drives on SHR. It's OK.

I want to upgrade to a 4 bay (or more) enclosure to try future-proof my setup and give me room to expand.

I want to stay Synology if at all possible.

From what I can see Synology have moved away from Plex-friendly enclosures.

What is my best option?