Hey,

Been watching your videos on youtube. They have been very helpful to figure out which NAS I need.

I have 2 libraries of photos, one personal, one an archive of photos from 1950 to 1990. These need to remain separate so that I can use the AI recognition function for object or facial recognition. Its important to me to be able to search by faces for example, of me on one library, and on the photo archive, be able to do research by finding the same person in multiple photos across multiple years.
Also, I need a way to add/edit metadata on the photos. The archive is all scanned and will need to have metadata added to the albums manually (for example, date, location, names of people in photo etc).

We have also digitized hundreds of reel to reel (audio) and VHS video recordings and want manage files and the meta data accordingly. Is there an app like Itunes to organize them?

We hope to be able to share these files once they are organized.

Thanks again!

Greetings, I'm a long time viewer of the channel and would love to utilize your affiliate links to make my first foray into the NAS world. I'm considering something like the DS923+ but wanted to sanity check via your handy advice form here on your website. I self host plex on my personal machine, currently sitting around 20TB of internal data, but I've also dabbled in hosting project files for myself and my peers. I'm in entertainment (animation / vfx / games) and am likely going to need to expand my local storage for a few personal projects with friends. As of right now if I just offload my plex from my personal computer to a NAS that would be fine, I could host our project files on my local machine, but it would be advantageous to build something out that I could sync to a friends house in a mirrored setup (assuming projects go well haha). I have a modest 12u rack where my pc and some other peripherals are hosted, I'd considered a rack mounted NAS but they're pricey!

I have a Synology DS1821+ that is full of 14TB drives... they had the best $/TB at the time that I was populating it.
I now need to increase the capacity of the NAS box but the largest drives - other than the very expensive Synology ones - that are compatible are 16TB and that's just too small a change for the cost.
I'd like to start replacing the 14TB drives with either 18TB or 20TB, using WD Red Pro devices, but I'm concerned that they are considered to be 'incompatible' by Synology.
My (basic) questions are:
1. Am I at risk of having issues with the WD drives?
2. Is Synology likely to update their compatibility lists at some (reasonable) time in the future?
[The 14TB drives that are replaced will go into a DS920+ that I also have that currently uses 10TB drives... I'm not a big fan of the expansion chassis available from Synology...]

sir im akash in phd schooler in india,im see your YouTube vedio regularly .im want buy synology ds224+ nas two bay nas .my use maximan 4 tb. now i want use one drive 4tb. can use one drive in ds224+, use besic ,raid 0, wich one set.pllz help sir.

I watched your video on YouTube
Question is

to make NAS from old PC which is i7 3770k and 16gb ram ddr3
and to buy new HDD for RAID 1

for start 6 tb
2x Red Pro WD6003FFBX

or same HDD with

with

TS-464-8G Qnap

Switch in mind is
QSW-2104-2T

Thank you

hello.
I bought silverstone cs382 case.
i am looking for a good motherboard to be enough for this case and future expansion. i am thinking to have m.2 dock from icy docks .

Hello! This would be my first NAS.
I think I'd use it as storage of iphone/ipad backups, photos and videos.
I would like to use at least RAID 1, to have a backup, in case of failure of one of the drives
I've got an Apple ecosystem (iphone/ipad/macbook).
My router is sitting on a shelf (weist height) in a huge livingroom, 1 meter behind a sofa.
I'm routing towards Synology for its software and its MAC compatibility.
However, I'm not sure about which model to buy and which hard drives.
I'd like to have a decent system and my priorities are:
1. MAC COMPATIBILTY;
2. SILENCE: I'll have to connect the NAS to the router, near the wall of my main room and not, instead, in a closet;
3. POWER EFFICIENCY: I'd like to have a system that doesn't drain too much electricity.
I don't know if DS223 would be enough or if is better DS220+ or DS224+.
I'm was thinking about a 2-bay, but maybe even a 4-bay.
I've read that often the noise made by the NAS can be pretty annoying. Is it true?
Thanx!

My 12 year old ReadyNas Duo is dying. Time to replace. I use this for staorage, LOTS of photography and Music and Videos I stream wirelessly in my home network via DLNA. I want at least the same functions. Likely some I do not even know I want as been a long time since I looked. RAID, but which? 4 Bay for expansion in sytorage.

DS423+ looked like the sweet spot until I read your review. Whick would you pick?

Thanks.

~Bob

Researching QNAP for Plex but will likely spin up some basic VMs on it over time (Home Assistant, etc.). I have 9 kids; 4 have moved out but would stream remotely. Video library is 99% H.264; assume I can make sure any additions are as well if this reduces transcoding? Worried about outgrowing the TS-464. Nearly got the TVS-h674-i3 but overkill? $1,700 before drives. Considered TVS-h474 but the PT CPU and I figured the larger chassis is better if a GPU (P2000) is ever needed. Think I've ruled out TVS-x72XT. Have 1Gbps fiber Internet and some hi-end networking gear (with several 10G & 2.5G ports available to the NAS). 25U Enclosed rack in basement so no noise concerns. Thoughts? I would populate the m.2 slots - but what do you think about SSDs for the main bays? Best RAID level for Plex performance? Using Ubiquiti UDM-SE Pro with NVR so I would likely not use it for cameras. Thanks!!!

I'd buy a new Synology to replace my ancient one but I've got a basically endless supply of used SAS drives (8-12TB a piece) from decomm'ed equipment.
What's a good hands off QUIET box I can shove them into then forget about for the next ~5 years? 8 hot-swap SAS bays would be perfect.
Bonus points if it comes with hardware transcode.
Keep in mind I'm in europe so some stuff in unavailable to me.