Hi, I have a DS 920+ 3 8TB Western Digital drives 5400 rpm and 256 cash and 1 with 4 TB.The problem is that I want to change the fourth one to also 8 TB but they don’t sell that unit anymore. Western Digital only sells now 8 TB with 7200 RPM and 256 cash or 8TB 5600 rpm and 128 cash could I maybe buy a different brand that has the same specifications in cash and RPM. The second question is if I buy SSD for cash will that help when I want to see my pictures that I have saved on my hard drive because it’s very slow now and yes I have over 10,000 pictures.

Best regards Cerim

Is there a NAS that could recieve/store images from a Canon EOS R5 camera over a WiFi network via the image.Canon app or any other NAS app?

Hi Nas Compares,

Can you please help me with my first NAS? I would like to have 2 bay NAS but if there is any reasonable option for 4 bay, why not.

My use case is to have it mainly for
:: photos to back up and share with family
:: storage for movies and series so I can connect remotely and play it when needed to my kids during travels
:: backup of my phone and laptop (mainly selected files on PC). If possible to have snapshot of the entire phone with apps preferred (not sure if possible)

The amount of data I currently have is around 1.5 TB


I was considering Synology DS223j as an entry series, but I cannot increase ram or change the LAN ports. Now the question, do I need more RAM, SSD or 10 GB port for the above use case? Is the entry level limited in any way that I wont be able to do the listed tasks above?

I really don't mind paying more bucks if it will last, but I don't want to buy high-end NAS and not use it to its full potential.

Thank you for any advice.

Hey just wonna say i love ur NAS videos on youtube their very helpful when looking for NAS and growing in the NAS world of things. that being said and you have probably heard it countless times, is synology and their listing of Drives that are compatible its a real shame that they do it to use cuz of them being such a great package anyways but it rather causes havoc and not only that their prices are nutz lol. anyways i do wonna get a NAS rack mounted im not sure if I wonna go with synologys SSDs yet because of the price per TB, just to explain what our briskness is atm we got around 15 guys connected to the nas for file viewing in our business nothing heavy quick view of a pdf. and like 5 guys always working out always read/writing countless small files DXF GEO NESTs. the occasional Big file copy. anyways reason i want to go SSD is because of the iops and response i feel like they would preform better then the hdd nas i got going atm. which is way to small for our setup (DS220j)

Hi, i am considering to move to NAS storage for my daily storage for home & business. Which option would be better as a basic non techie user, i am afraid of complicated NAS setup, compares to WD cloud storage, but WD has some limitations, the worst heard being not able to access files locally.
I need advice which is the better option for money?

I have a DS416+ with 4x 10TB disks at a remote location that I use for backing up my main NAS.
Yesterday, while backing up, the NAS went offline. I have rebooted the NAS and the router several times, and I have tried the attach the unit to another ethernet network but it cannot log on. I have tried different cables and each of the 2 ethernet ports. The router's list of attached devices never shows the NAS, although the NAS ethernet LEDs are flashing away. Any ideas?
If there is a hardware problem with the DS416+ ethernet, can that be replaced?
Thanks in anticipation
Martin Owen

I think I am going to purchase the Synology DS1522+ today. It has 5 Bays. Now I have to decide which hard drive(s) to purchase. I am leaning towards Seagate. I hear that Synology does not sell their own hard drives (toshiba) for this model. SATA from Seagate sounds like a good option. SSD or HDD? All same size (2x2x2x2) for 4 Bays. Or (8x6x4x2)? I do think I want to use one drive as a mirror (redundancy) in case of a HD failure

My name is Chad, I came across your expertise on YouTube while researching a video archive solution for our internal production team.
We need a video storage solution to house the last 6 years of video projects, totaling about 180-200TBs with a maximum capacity of 300TBs.
Accessibility is vital, with 4 editors requiring download access for files as needed. While editing won't be done directly on the NAS, they need access.
Our IT department requires a duplicate unit in another office for disaster recovery. The two units should communicate, mirroring data on a schedule. Furthermore, an editor in that building requires access to the mirrored unit.
Given our budget of $50,000, we are seeking your recommendation for a suitable NAS storage solution that meets our requirements.
Thank you for your time and expertise. We look forward to your valuable guidance. -Chad

Dear Nascompares,
I would love to upgrade my 8 gb ram on my 1522+ and am looking for the right Memory.
Budget is not a big deal, looking to run some small linux vms.
I currently hit 80% Memory on my Ubuntu maschine and It feels wrong to go over 80-85% so I am looking for an upgrade.
If I go with 32GB which seems to be official maximum, what should I grab?
If Its possible to go higher and choose an unofficial one, what would you recommend?

thank you very much!

Alex

Great Videos (QNAP NAS Guide Part 1 - Setup, RAID, Volumes IP and Shared Folders), However I am stuck, i followed your video up to the point of Mapping Drives, Im using Qnap TS 264 8gb on my LAN, with Windows 11 on PC and when i click network drives on Qnap Finder all it wants to do is is Mount my TS264 rather then search file explorer ?

Can you help ?