What is the most efficient was to setup the NVMe drives, in a read only or read and write. I have seen there's differing thoughts on this subject.

I am considering purchasing your recent model QNAP TS-262-4G 2-Bay Tower NAS

I have a spare m.2 ssd lying around
Can I simply just use this drive on its own to begin with in qtier mode setting and purchase another m.2 down the track.

I primarily want to use only 1 TB nvme drives as they are much faster .

I don't have any spare 2.5 inch drives lying around and this would increase the initial investment.

Thanks in advance for you assistance?

Awesome videos! My first NAS, for home server for all important docs, family photos and videos from all sources - scanned, digital cameras and camcorders, cell phones, starting to digitize old VHS-C home videos. I assemble collections and slideshows of vacations, etc., just starting some simple video editing for this purpose. Needing HDMI capability to connect and watch on TV. Noise may be a consideration since it will be right there. Would want to be accessible to family members in other locations to view, would want to restrict access to invited people only, further restrict access to financial docs to my wife and self. Current data is about 1TB but expecting to grow, especially videos. I am thinking 2 bay in RAID 1 config, with some backup ability (external drive? not excited about cloud). $500 is NAS only, might stretch a little, realize I need disks also, would consider SSD. Thank you!

I keep going back and forth between buying a prebuilt NAS or DIY NAS (I'm sure this is subject you get constantly).

On the one hand I have built a gaming pc before so I'm not afraid of building, and I see how building made pc gaming leagues better for me. On the other hand having apps on my phone to easily access Qnap sounds very convenient.

Main focus if to host Jellyfin server, hold first level of image backups (then send to outside cloud routinely), store Steam Library, and have ability to use as a home-lab.

Also want to access outside of network (can currently access jellyfin remotely) so security is also a big factor.

In Dec 2017 I bought Synology DS218+ and 2x Seagate IronWolf ST8000VN004 8TB
Now, these HDD are full and need to be replaced, mainly because of my RAW images (I'm a photographer).
What would be the best upgrade? I'm thinking about 16/18/20TB where I find 20TB money wise a bit much and I don't know if my NAS allows 20TB.
The NAS still works, or do you think it's better to upgrade the complete set? NAS + HDD.

Thanks!
Kim

Hi

Just a middle aged woman with no computer building experience looking for a backup solution.

I want to have wireless backup of my phone photos (android) and backup of my laptop files.

If there is something with software that will auto backup my photos with a wired connection to my phone, that is fine too.

I do have an nvidia shield that runs plex so i could turn that into a server later.
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Looking for a rec to buy an entry level nas backup.

I want an easy way to backup my mobile photos and my laptop. I need auto backup...if i have to drag folders over after initial setup i will just forget.

I was looking at WD my cloud home but I feel like I can do better.

I have an nvidia shield which is a plex server.

Im a NAS novice& use the synology storage analyser and synology drive and photos app to help upload phone photos and files/documents from 0hone to NAS during charging whilst asleep. However i have plenty & i mean plenty of duplicates from previous manual uploads on the NAS before. I find the aforementioned apps dont have intuitive enough capabilities to automatically prevent duplicate uploads or even ways to get rid of duplicates without manually having to aift through it all which is awfully cumbersome.my question to you all you expert folks out tgere please is there an app i can put on the NAS and my phone which puts photos documents files etc in a sort of library type of system in set folders automatically and prevents duplications and also actively gets rid of duplicates on the NAS. Im looking for something that I can wake up one morning in Lanzarote and log into to the NAS successfully and copy a photo onto my phone for printing on i dunno a tshirt or album or whatever. Ds220j NAS

Have a DS2422+ on order. Want to upgrade the RAM. Watched your video. Comes with just one stick. All your upgrades were in pairs. Can I replace the Synology ECC 4GB stick with a single third party ECC 16 GB stick or do I need to use two ECC 8 GB sticks? Thanks !!!

I bought a NAS from terra master to hold all my files. I backed it up, but for what ever reason it bricked itself. I contacted terra master and they have not returned any of my e-mails. normally i'd try and get another O/S like open media vault or true NAS on it but there is no monitor so any attempt to change is a no go. I was wondering maybe you have or know some one with a TOS 4 image I could clone???

Thx for the help!!!

Hello,

which model will be the best for running multiple virtual machines (up to 4 VMs) on NAS.

Thanks

Mark