Hi, I'd like your advice on upgrading from a DS 713+ to ideally another Synology product. My main concern is playback performance from within my network and externally to clients using Emby (firesticks, apple tv's, mobile phones etc.). My current 713+ does not support hardware transcoding and the CPU is maxing out when playing / accessing / editing media files even within my network. I updated the RAM to its max but that has had little effect on performance (probably expected). I would love your take on the best product to go with given my main concern. I have been looking at the 720+ for the transcoding abilities and boost in performance. I have not considered a potential boost in using a network switch with my 1GB service nor the upgrade to using M.2 drives, and I'm not sure if either of these would bring about greater performance for transcoding / playback quality? I appreciate any advice and guidance and thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Best, Matt

Hello i have a playstation 5 i am in the market for an ssd heatsink 1TB which one do you recommend please

Hello, I have been looking for some time for a suitable 5G router for a start up e-commerce business. I am unsure of which is the best or robust router to go for. I have looked at the usual devices from OPPO, Zyxel, Huawei etc. I am asking if there are other devices, that would be more suitable. Also bear in mind, that I currently live in an HMO environment, so security is key. The area I live in has suitable 5G coverage. And complete 4G coverage. Also, this is a stand alone device, not looking for a travel device. Looking forward to your advice.

Rob Anderson

Hi,

Have heard mention of Bonding the 2 ethernet Ports on NAS together, what is this (in very very simple terms please) and any benefit and if so under what circumstances (e.g. 2 or 3 PC's connecting via internet to view via Plex or DS Video) or only of use if using a switch.
Regards

I am looking for a reasonably priced NAS that will be used as a file server/storage device. Maybe a handful of machine images as well, but mainly file server type use for our church.

I recently installed a QNAP TS-451D2-4G 4 Bay

I've always used QNAP stuff, so is this the best use of our money for this situation?

Thanks,

Craig

- Want to upgrade RAM on QNAP NAS TS-464-4G, just bought.
- QNAS info on compatible RAM type is cryptically "SODIMM DDR4". That's it!
- An Amazon user question response: buy DDR4 2666Mhz CL19 PC4-21000 260-Pin SODIMM RAM.

My question to ensure the RAM is compatible:
- how specific do I have to be in choosing RAM type given the above 2 vastly different RAM descriptions
- does it matter if it says "for laptop" or "for Synology NAS", or doesn't specify that it's for a NAS? THANKS!

Hi there,

Thanks so much for all your brilliant work.

I'm looking to buy a NAS for editing 4K footage, with lots of video and audio effects laid on.
I'm using a 2019 27" iMac, which was fully specced at the time and has Thunderbolt 3 but no 10gbe. That got me thinking about a QNAP Thunderbolt NAS like the TVS-872XT or the TVS-672XT But I just saw your videos talking about the updated versions, the TVS-h874 or TVS-h674. These are not Thunderbolt, but would you recommend using ethernet instead, with an adapter from my Thunderbolt port in my case?

I know that you've recommended an 8-bay NAS for video editing. Is that still the case, given the 22 TB drives and extension units available? And the new PCle V4 for speed? I'm not sure that my budget stretches to the 8-bay version. How much better would it be? Would you recommend the TVS-h674 (i3) in my case? Or the TVS-872XT when it goes on sale? Lastly, thoughts on the Terramaster T12-450 for 4K video editing?

Thanks heaps!

I have done exact same Adding Drives & Switching RAID 1 to 5 as one of your youtube video, but it was stop at changing (mount volume). Any advice?

Thank you.

Hi, i'm trying to make my mind between Qnap and Synology. especially the TS 464 and the ds923+. Is the security against ransomware better with Synology than Qnap. You told about Qnap but i found nothing about Synology... What do you thing, taking into account that i take this seriously, but i know that nothing is unbreakable...
Thanks for reading.
Best regards.
JJ

Hi, this is mainly a personal NAS for myself and my partner. Don't really run a lot of media (tend to stream) but we can amass a large amount of photos, videos, and larger imaging from medical sources. I've been using it mainly to back up the computers (WD MyCloud) but it just died, and the potential loss has me worried. So looking for simple, Mac friendly, NAS replacement, to run RAID5 (I assume 4 slot), and preferably set and forget. I've been looking at the Synology DS420+, DS920+ and DS923+ but would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks