Hi
I have a small photo collection I want to maintain and backup and share access to the NAS with my wife and her family (2-4 users max).
The collection is about 500GB in size and our collection is growing at about 1TB yearly
I'm technically savy (Linux user) and would like to get to an affordable solution ideally out of the box, but I am prepared to do some tinkering with docker containers.
Fatures I need:
1. Stable and safe backup
2. All data (available) including face tags and other storage generated metadata as I'm trying to avoid vendor lock in by software (got burned on Google Photos)
3. Automated face tagging
4. Support for existing face tag format
-Currently using XMP sidecar files generated in Digikam for face tags
-Also using Google photos export with their JSON files for face taga
5. Open standards / Open source software if possible

I need to retire an old Drobo S which currently has 3x 8TB and 2 x 4TB drives installed.
I currently use an old 2012 MacMini as a Plex Server but am hoping an up to date NAS will provide better performance, although I'm not sure on this.
I want the ability to mix drives like the Drobo allowed.

Situation:
- had a DS 216+ with 2 x 3TB drives
- got a new DS 423+ and set it up with 2 new 4TB drives in SHR
- when I try to add the 2 old 3TB drives to it it says I cannot because they are too small

I thought you could mix different size drives in a SHR configuration, there's even a SHR calculator that says that with the drives I have I should get a total of 9.1GB storage.

What am I missing?
TIA

Hi
I am looking for advice.
What I want is something that will host my photos and videos, and being able to play those videos from my phone or computer or TV via streaming capabilities.
Maybe also use something like Plex?

I might also stores some documents and files which I can download onto my device as per need.
Are the synology entry level devices good enough? I kinda liked the software and all

Would appreciate your advice

Is it poss to connect to a QNAP TS-873A using 2 different IP addresses ie 192.168.0.5 and 192.168.1.5

I have the first mapped at \\QNAP1\Main on the 192.168.0.5 on my pc and works. so i can access is by typing \\QNAP1\Main

But when i try to Map the 2nd one , I can only use the IP address.
I need to have a mapped drive on the 192.168.1.5 as \\QNAP1\Main as well because of the naming when i save to SMB shares. not sure if this is even poss to have the same name?

I need to save the data from my PC on the 2.5Gb 192.168.1.5

and then everything on the 1Gb 192.168.0.5 network can see the data.

tks

Hi, I have been watching you guys on YT for more than a year, very helpful! Thank you.

I have a DS1821+ and just acquired a RT6600ax router, as I noticed in your DSM 7 reviews that WiFi dongles would not be supported by Synology.

I am trying to use the RT6600ax to provide wireless access to my DS1821+. The goal is to access the NAS wirelessly using a Fire Stick 4K attached to a projector in the living room (single storey 2br apartment) and also use the RT6600ax to connect the NAS to the internet from the established Netgear AX2400 wireless modem/router in the kitchen.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

I have another dumb question: I will be moving from Europe to the US with my Synology 921+ which holds my entire movie collection. I am worried about a couple of things: a) power supply and b) router configuration settings - I am currently working with a fixed IP address.

I know nothing about networks but have somehow managed to set up my system to work just fine with Plex which is basically what I use the NAS for

Any quick suggestions for what I should focus on?

Hope you can help

I have a Qnap TS873a. Can i connect pc direct to one port ie 192.168.1.5 and then confirgure the 2nd port as 192.168.0.5 which is on the home network that can be seen by all my devices , my pc has a 2.5gb and 1gb connection.
i did goto network setting on the TS873a and set the ip on 2nd port to 192.168.1.5 but it asked the the default gateway. i left this blank.

is this the correct way to connect up.

Hi NasCompares Team,
Thanks for all of the great content provided, I've been following along for a while, even back in the SPAN days.

I have a question I hope you can help with. I've recently replaced a very old QNAP device at a customer site with a Synology DS1522+. The backup strategy is; that the 1522+ backs up using Hyper Backup to another Synology (1520+) located in a different building. The 1520+ then backs up to Backblaze B2 nightly, I'm backing up the backup to the cloud. Thankfully, I've not had to restore anything from BB yet, we're using snapshots for small restores. My question is, instead of backing up the backup files to B2, should I be running a secondary backup job on the 1522+ instead? I think for de-duplication purposes and granular restores, it might make more sense. What do you think?

Thank you again for providing this service.

Best regards,

Danny

Hi guys. Absolutely love your YT channel! You are so knowledgeable and know so much. That's half the problem! I've listened to so many of your videos I've got myself confused.
Wife and I both photographers. Combined we have about 6TB and growing of images needing looking after. Currently on HDD's and externals. Looked at QNAP and Synology 4 Bays with 4x 4TB in Raid 5. Tried QNAP demo software online. Don't like it. Too over complicated. Synology seems to be an easier UI for us.
Sole purpose is to backup images from 2x PCs and 3x Laptops and 3x Smartphones. Maybe a bit of music streaming as well. No video content or web hosting etc.
Like the idea of AI to identify photos - faces and things and places.
DS423 - Face recognition only due to 2GB RAM
DS423+ Better as more RAM - Face and Object
DS923+ - is it worth going the extra for this given our actual needs?

Such a minefield!

Kind regards
Nic (The Baffled)