Never did a NAS and don't know much other than, I am going with Unraid to make a plex/emby server and use for VM/file management. Plan on doing a raid 1. What is purchased/built:
Jonsbo N1 CASE
B550i strix MOBO
2x 32gb mushkin ecc DDR4
Ryzen 5 4650g pro CPU
5x 16tb exos CPU
S650 NZXT PSU (from my H1 case)
NVME- 5 port sata and nvme extender to use rear pcie 3.0 instead of front pcie 4.0 with heatsink.

Here are my questions:

My PSU didn't have any molex connectors so I got the pinout and made a cable. Should I split the 2 molex connectors on the n1 to 2 separate set of molex wires instead of connecting the 2 to the same set?

For unraid, do I put the os on a internal ssd or I have a portable ssd I can use, size matter?

Will I benefit having say 2x Optane 905P Series 1.5TB (they on sale for $400) connected to say a Synology E10M20-T1 10GbE Ethernet & Dual M.2 Adapter Card?

Just trying to the complete build at the same time and start doing my transfers.

Hi,
Asustor MyArchive disk accidently removed from storage manager.
Any chance to can be recovered?

12 TB hardisc.....

Hi All,

I'm not able to decide about which NAS to choose QNAP TS-464-8G vs Synology DS923+ or any other one. 
Here are my needs: 
- I'm having a lot of photos in Google Photos as well as in Apple Photos and I want to move them all in one place
- I would like also to host websites on my NAS (not more than 3)
- Deploy some microservices (SpringBoot/PostGres and an Angular UI)
- NAS will be accessible from Internet

After all what I've read in internet regarding QNAP, I'm not very confident. The TS-464 seems very good to fit my needs but I'm afraid about evolutions on System and Apps. QTS Live Demo is down since last week. 
Synology is good on Ecosystem and Software but hardware configuration are Just-Just or starts to become old (R1600/J4125) (DS423+/DS923+...etc.)

What do you recommend me ? Going with QNAP will be secure ?
Not having btrfs will not be a limitation ? Same question for SHRx ? Shall I consider that ?
Is it a good choice to have an iGPU knowing that I've a Sony Android TV.

Thank you in advance

I'm looking at getting a device that can sit alongside my other entertainment devices (PS5, Nintendo switch, virgin tevo box and wifi router) under the TV unit.

My wife and i take a lot of photos and video on our phones and we would like a way on getting the quickly and easily off our phones into storage. So it doesn't clog up our phones and laptops

I would quite like it to be as quiet as possible as it will be in the main lounge area so don't really want loud fans starting up and the mechanical clanking that you can get from some storage options.

Any advice as to what to look for would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks

Adam

I currently have a Synology DS220j with 2x Seagate Ironwolf 4TB drives - 5900 rpm, 64Mb cache. I'm beginning to get a bit frustrated with the length of time it takes the NAS to handle big file transfers to it (e.g. 100 image files @ typically 50MB per file). How likely would I be to see any perceived improvement in file handling time by upgrading to Ironwolf Pro drives, which spin faster and have more cache?

The alternative would much more expensive, of course - a 4-bay NAS with drives configured as RAID 5...

Hi,
Watched your review. Have selected DS923+. Want to build a media server. I have 4 WD 2TB Red drives that are on the compatibility list.

Question: Once I set up, will I be able to upgrade the drives 1 at a time as budget allows?

Thanks

Hi, I currently have a built plex server with 10tb raid setup. The server is getting long in the tooth and drive expansion is minimal. Im looking at moving to a NAS specifically for storage and something like a nuc to run as the server. Everywhere online I am finding NAS as the plex server which I don't want. I think I might prefer more bays with low disk size but I need to get to 20tb and hopefully at some point additional storage. Right now my use case is plex but may want to use it for more later. Surveillance is never a question for this. That said what nas would you recommend that doesn't necessarily break the bank. Thanks Mike

Moving from DS220+ to DS1522+. Situation: DS220 has 2 x 12TB drives mirrored. I have one 12TB drive for the 1522+. Want to end up with all three 12TB drives in the DS1522+

If I want to migrate from DS220+ to DS1522+ what would be the easiest way to do that?

My thought would be to setup on the DS1522+ with the single 12TB drive. Use Synology migration assistant to move my files from DS220+ to the DS1522+ and then add the two drives from the DS220+ to the DS1522+ and expand the storage pool to create a Synology Hybrid RAID environment. Is that possible?

After thorough research, I've chosen the DS1522+ for my home NAS setup, planning to use 4 x ST20000NT001 - 20TB Ironwolf Pro HDDs and later adding a fifth 10TB drive for security cameras. To boost performance, I aim to include 2 x M.2 Gen 4 drives for caching, yet finding suitable RAM for a 32GB upgrade poses a challenge. I'm open to using your affiliate link for the RAM or M.2 Kit if you have any suggestions.

My primary concern is drive compatibility, as Synology's list doesn't confirm support for the 20TB Ironwolf drives. Could you verify this based on your testing?

Identifying any major concerns with my plan would be appreciated. Note: Noise isn't an issue, and the device will be UPS-powered.

Hi good morning

I bought 18tb EXOS ST 18000NMO00J, my purpose of buying it is for backing up my files.

Moving forward to make the long story short
This is the 2nd unit i recieved 1st 1 is damaged.

Every time i initialize the format its error.
It pop up like this

Erasing "ST18000N M000J Media" (disk4) and creating "Untitled"
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Couldn't open device. : (-69877)

Operation failed..

I tried everything that is available format for other options but everything pop up same thing.

For info: ( ive tried it already 2 units)
* windows os (laptop)
* mac os (laptop)
We dont have desktop to try it.

Hope to hear from your team
Thank you.