I have recently upgraded an hs-251 to qts 5.1 which it doesn't support but is working fine.

I think the nameing they use allowed the 251+ firmware to load due to a naming convention

but that leads me to another question

I have other systems that i would like to upgrade for basic reasons to the new OS even if it doesn't have official support

I want to stay with the QTS os.. any thoughts

Jeff

I am a current user of the Synology DS216+II which I purchased just under 6 years ago.  I consider myself an entry-level NAS user having not wandered much beyond simply using it for the purpose of being able to access my data from all of the computers in our household and occassionally accessing it remotely using the QuickConnect capability.  I've stored some photos, video, and music but have not used any of the special packages related to to those media.... and I would like for that to change. 

I have thousands of digital photo and video files that I would like to get off of my laptop, desktops, DVDs, external hard drives etc and onto my NAS network.  I've been watching YouTube videos ad nauseam on the DS423+ and DS923+ and now in the last half day have looked into the DS1522+.  This will likely be the first and last time I upgrade my NAS and want to plan for the future... but being a realistic 72 year-old, not too far down the road. :-)  

Between the 423 and the 923 I find myself leaning pretty heavily toward the DS423+.  But, I've not seen any direct comparisons DS423+ and DS1522+.  So, I would appreciate pros and cons input on the 423 vs 1522.  

I hope to make the decision and pull the trigger in the next week.  Thanks in advance for your input.

So, I have a BeeLink AMD 5600k mini pc and 3x 4TB SSDs lying around, from another project. Can I put these together for a quick and easy and free NAS? The one downside I have upfront is that the mini pc doesn't seem to expose additional SATA ports, so I will probably be relegated to USB 3 connections for the SSDs, still worth it and would TrueNAS be a reasonable OS for this?

I was thinking that I could do a Z1 pool and get *TB useable.

Hi,
I am looking for a storage solution that will free up space on my MacBook and improve my workflow. I just started getting into sport photography/videography and have already maxed out the 1TB storage on my Mac. Ideally I'd like to be able to work in the cloud and keep my Mac storage free.
Thanks in advance.

Hello,

I've been thinking about building my own NAS, but honestly something that is already more ready out of the box and user friendly like a Synology product is perfectly fine for me. What I also do want to get right though is future proofing, specifically from a software perspective.

Essentially, once I have a NAS, the things that can go wrong in the long term are: 1) the NAS breaks: buy a new one; 2) a hard disk breaks: buy a new one; 3) software updates? My concern is that using Synology software they might stop releasing updates for it when a piece of hardware is not the newest, thus kind of forcing you to buy new hardware only because the software doesn't receive updates.

If this is the case, do you think it is a problem to be concerned about? Is it too risky to keep Synology hardware with outdated software? If so, might it be best to go through the hassle of building my own NAS to have open source software that will always receive security updates?

Many thanks,

Matteo

I have a TVS-672xT that is going to get RMA'd for a broken 10GBe port. It currently runs QTS. I was going to upgrade to one of the new higherend models that has dual 10GBe ports, but I canceled my order on amazon because I see it runs QTShero and I would not be able to just migrate my drives... Big headache. Is there a QNAP 8-12 bay NAS that runs QTS (not hero) and also has dual 10GBe ports (preferable on a NCI that I could just swap out if it breaks and not have to send the whole unit in on RMA) that I would be able to just plug my current HDDs into?

Hi follow your work for years and love it thank you. I currently have a Synology DS718+ and it works fine but won't play 2160 video's via Plex. I am now looking at using Jellyfin as that will play that rate video but still to work out how to view remotely. My question is though should I update to a better Synology or should I possibly look at building my own unit to serve my media better? it's confusing and not sure what direction to go if you could help please. thank you

Hi,

I’m looking into buying my first NAS. I’m mainly buying it as a an automatic backup solution for my files with the occasional file retrieval. In other words to store pictures/videos, music project backups and computer file backups. What I’m aiming for is automatic backup at reasonable price. As soon as I’m working on something that needs speed I’ll have it locally on my mac or use my external SSD drive.

I also need a NAS that can automatically backup to a cloud service like iDrive in case my house burns down haha.

What would recommend?

Thanks a lot!
/J

I've been doing as much research as I can manage after losing a precious harddrive recently. I have many years of photographs, video and sound recordings, both personal and part of my professional art practice. I need both active backup for current files and a long term archive data solution for my many years of data.

Up to know, I have a mess of harddrives with some poorly organized redundancy spread across various drives...

I was looking into a NAS, which would be nice for the network benefits of sharing files, but this is not my priority. Perhaps I simply need a DAS setup to work fast on my files and have a short/medium term back up running constantly...?

My priorities are data redundancy first, speed second.

Thank you for offering this free advice, it is much appreciated.

Heya, sorry to bother you with stupid questions, I've two 20tb WD reds that I have connected to a windows server at the moment due to rising power costs I want to move them to a nas.

I'm trying to find a powerefficient nas that can run plex and has room for upgrades. The DS423+ seems to fit the bill but it doesn't officially support WD Red 20TB drives.
Does this mean I'm out of luck or can I unofficially use them with risks?