I used your first video to set up my DS720+ with 2 4T WD Red drives. I followed your super guidance and split the pool (RAD 1) into two volumes of 1.75T each. One for me and one for the wife. I then created the shared drive folder and finally figured out how to do the map thing to my windows PC file explorer. OK all fine, but I'm confused on the shared folder. Where does it reside? Volume 1 or volume 2? How do I see the mapping between volumes and shared folders? How do I ensure that my volume and shared folder isn't or doesn't become the same as my wife's shared folder and volume (not set up as yet.)? Which of your videos should I look at next to get a handle on this?

Currently using Synology 1821+ with all bays filled with ironwolf pro 8TB drives. Was gifted an Synology 923+ for Christmas which I would like to use as main NAS and the 1821+ as backup NAS. I have purchased 12x 12TB irowoolf pro drives to updated both boxes. Can you assist me in the best way to get the current data located on my 1821+ to the new drives in the setup I am planning. Do I make a backup of all the data and just restore data onto the boxes after I have set them up? Is there a way to migrate my data in a easy way

Hi, i currently use a WD myCloud EX2 Ultra (2x4TB in Raid 1, 6 years old) that i use for backups and general filestorage for my family, myself and my friends (5 Users with seperate folders, secured with passworts and one public folder) wich means I need more storage to be future proof.

I don't need AI for pictures or Hdmi for playback to a tv, but maybe I would try out plex in the future since I have an external HDD (5TB) with some movies on it and I want to play them on a fire tv stick

Should I only upgrade the drives on the myCloud, or should I consider a new Nas?

Kind regards
Stephan

Ups for ds1621+ with auto shutdown and on

Thank you
Pavan sakaram

Ive watched some of your videos, plus some others and I think I know what I want for now. I want the ability to expand in the future. what would be your recommendation as the best one to get for my situation. Budget is a little flexible, but not by a lot. Thanks

Hi guys, recently bought at RT-6600AX after seeing your review. I set up a VLAN for IoT, but I'm having trouble using my TV (Panasonic GZ1000) on it. It works fine on my primary lan, but errors Gateway not Responding when on the IoT VLAN. Every other device I've tried on the VLAN works. I've not been able to find anything obvious that might cause this, and I'm a bit stuck. Having gone around SRM looking, are there firewall logs? It would be great to see what exactly is happening in terms of traffic to and from the TV.
Many thanks!

Hi. I am looking for my first ever NAS. Now at first i wanted to do a NAS with a PLEX/Jellyfin Media server. Then i realized i dont want to stream anything from my NAS and i just can store my movies and TV shows and can just watch them on my desktop. So i dont need PLEX/Jellyfin.

So currently my use cases would be :

1) Basic Storage: Documents, my 3D model/textures. Movies/TV Shows

2) Photos: A very important thing that made me want to buy a NAS was to get away from Google Photos. I dont want to delete anything on my or my parents' phones. I heard Synology has a great Photos app that works like Google Photos but saving on my NAS.


I dont think i need a TON of storage. My 3D stuff would be limited to a maximum of 2 TB and my media would be a further 1 TB. At most another Terabyte for photos and videos.

With that in mind, what should i get? Brand, 2 or 4 bays and CMR/SMR drives?

I'm looking for ZFS V2 RAID primarily for backup. Not a lot of I/O and speed not an issue. Get 16 GB ECC DDR4 RAM? Don't bother with NVME SSD or SATA SSD to start?
Thanks.

watching your youtube videos last year, I jumped the gun and purchased the DS-1621+ w/the Ryzen uProc.
My problem seems to be in decoding 4K .mkv content as the 1621+ lacks a GPU.
Q1: Is it possible to add a GPU card in the available expansion slot?
Q2: Have you tried this before?
Q3: Or will I just have to buy a whole new system>?
Q4: And if I do need to buy a new system, can I just lift my 6x20TB SATA's out of my 1621+ and drop them into a 1621xs+ and still maintain data integrity?
Q5: if not, is it possible to just buy a 1621xs+ motherboard from SYN and replace the motherboard I have?
As PLEX / VideoServer is my number one usage, what can I do?
Or am I just stuck.....
Thanks guys, and keep up the good work making those awesome videos!
/Aaron

I am using a Synology 1817+ with 12TB x 8 running RAID 6. I have 4 x 6TB spare hard disks and will like to utilize them.

I am considering the following options:
1. Getting the external enclosure from Synology DX517

2. Get a 4 or 5 Bays NAS instead?

3. Get a USB external enclosure with RAID support?

What is your recommendation?