I am in the market for a new WiFi arrangement and a NAS. Currently, I have no NAS at all, but I am planning for a Plex r Jellyfin system because I want to implement a media server with a handy GUI. I like physical media that I own, which at this point is about 400 movie discs, of which probably 1/3 are 4K UHD, the rest a mixture of BD and DVD. Also, about 500 to 600 CD (audio only). I understand that running Jellyfin will likely require a Docker solution, which I am happy to learn about. I was considering Synology, QNAP, and UGREEN. Do you have a recommendation? I was thinking of a 2-bay solution. Is it advisable to think about a 4-bay NAS? ForWiFi, I currently have a WiFi 5 mesh sysyem from Plume. Considering a WiFi 7 system from Unifi. I would like to avoid a subscription model. Perhaps a Ubiquiti Dream Router 7? Does it matter which I install first, new WiFi or NAS? TIA!

Hello,

I would like some help purchasing the best NAS for my home network mainly to be used for PLEX movies and TV shows and for a few family and friends to watch possibly at the same time.

Movies are mostly 1080p to 4k and I am currently looking at the Synology and Q-Nap.

I am also seeing a fair few people on forums advising against purchasing these two brands due to restrictions, not sure how true this is.

Thank you, Gavin.

I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing but hope it helps me get movies on plex

Hi. With these ever increasing prices for SSD's I am looking for a replacement to my Seagate IronWolf Pro 8 To (ST8000NT001) on my synology NAS DS124. It is too noisy but moreover struggles to serve 2 users (If my girlfriend has a daily backup going on, I barely can navigate DSM!)
My usage is mostly daily backups, 4k rips hosting and a few docker images. i just need it reliabnle enough to last 5 years or so until DS124 doesn't get anymore updates from synology and needs to be able to stay reactive with 2-3 simultaneous users. Thanks

Oliver (?),

First off,l I have to tell you that I like your universal currency unit, NICKAH. It works best, when all device prices use that unit.

Secondly, I am having an extremely hard time understanding your obsession with power being supplied by USB C connections. Yes, I know that USB C can now supply more than 5. But that just adds to the confusion and there in lies the issue.
As a note, I am labeling all of my wall warts/ power bricks with the model number of the device that it came with and/or the voltage and Amperage .
Thank you for all of your youTube material.

Peter

Which NAS do you recommend please for 4K streaming - the ugreen 4800 plus?

Big fan of the channel.

I've been gifted an old QNAP TS431P with some 1TB drive. Currently set up a raid5 and experimenting etc. plan to upgrade the drives and snapshot backup to this and potentially buying a flash NAS like the Beelink ME mini or possibly pro with Zima OS as I also meant to run home assistant, possibly immich and explore what else is possible by playing around before final usage.

Advice I need
1. Is this a good idea?
2. For basic\newbs could I get away with the N95 or should I future proof and get N150?
3. As the pro is a hybrid, would you still recommend the Mini taking into account I have a working albeit very old SATA NAS unit.

900 characters not enough but your advice would be greatly appreciated ?

I have a Synology DS925+ that I am setting up for a small business (between 10 and 20 users). It will be used primarily for two purposes:
1. A local network fileshare (mostly documents and small files, but also some larger video files)
2. Active Backup for Microsoft 365
It is configured with 4 x 16 TB Seagate ST16000NT001-3LV101 hard drives in an SHR2 Storage Pool. I have created 2 x ~14 TB Volumes, as in the past, I have had issues with Windows accessing spaces > 16 TB with normal size file blocks. I also have 2 x 1 TB M.2 Samsung SSD 990 Pro drives to use for caching. I have followed your video and docs for using Synology HDD db so that I can use the Samsung drives for caching. I have set the script to run automatically on reboots.
My questions are as follows:
- Can you use SSD Caching across two separate volumes?
- If I were to use a read/write cache with pinned btrfs metadata (for Active Backup), how risky is it if the ssd array failed? Is all lost?
- all advice appreciated

I am a newbie. And yup, the configurations and choices one can make with building a NAS are overwhelming. I have learned just a bit: I need an 8-10TB home storage. My photos are being pruned, so not a huge amount, no real need for a media server. Just file storage that is accessible worldwide for the years to come that will be a bit cheaper and more local than paying for cloud storage.
I know this much:
- I'll get a new router, open source DD-WRT preferred, perhaps a GL-inet.
- I'll get HDD's, perhaps IronWolf or the like.

My initial plan was to get a used NAS enclosure on Ebay etc, perhaps from 2022-2023. And the HDD's will be new.

A few Q's:
- yup: how many bays, what size drives for a typical RAID setup?
- what is a good used 2022-2023 NAS that will accept some smaller sized HDD's that:
- is relatively cheap
- Easy-ish setup, with some options.
- isn't HUGE
- and has some modern features.
Suggestions?
thank you!

I wanted to share with you since I own three of the models that you’ve done reviews on including the Ugreen DXP 8800 the Zettlab D8 ultra which I should get sometime in February and the M Minisforum N5Pro. All of these models include pretty robust hardware, and they all have their own proprietary operating system. The N5 pro is really using it off the shelf Chinese NAS OS.
The reason for my email is, that two of the three model models. I’ve just listed don’t include the ability to do SSH. Both the N5 Pro and the D8 ultra do not allow SSH natively. The UGreen does. Also, both you Green and the N5 pro allow you to install a third-party OS. In the kickstarter Zettlab had announced they were looking into it. They just released their new roadmap for software development for the next year and it is not included.
My point of reaching out to you is I really want to make sure people are aware of these features or decisions. I’m hoping you will verify and then include this info.