Dear nascompares,
I watched a lot of your great videos but still in doubt about the best purchase for my user case, which is:
* Basic backup of photos and videos from my phone to the NAS every day and backup the NAS monthly to an external 4TB hard drive which I then keep at my parents in law. I have 2x 4TB nas hard drives, which is more than enough for the coming 7 to 8 years if not longer.
* I want a good mobile app which smoothly displays and streams my photos and videos.
* Currently I have a TS-233 but it takes about 10 seconds to even watch one picture, which I really am annoyed about. What could be the cause of this issue ? I get the same problem when standing next to my router with 1000mbps internet, and on the nas the cpu and ram use dont exceed 60%.. possibly would I need 2.5gbe connectivity on my nas? Or is it due to a slow processor of the ts233?
* I am doubting between ds224+, ts262 or 264 (only 30 euros more expensive than 262), or ts264. Any advice is appreciated!

Hi, I have a question about upgrading RAM on ASUSTOR NAS. I am using ASUSTOR AS5304T NAS. Has anyone tested the RAM brands and models this NAS is compatible with and the maximum number of upgradeable GBs? (CPU:J4125，unofficial limit RAM)

Hi. I have an office where I have 3 computers, want to add another. We do mainly video editing then also photo editing. Wanted to setup a NAS. I know it will require also a network upgrade, currently all the PCs are running off the ISPs router.
The ability to add more drives is a must.
Thanks.

I need help. I need to get internet into a barn where my granddaughter keeps her horse. I am within a mile from the cell towers and but I don’t know what to buy to make it work. After watching your videos, I see that I would need a 4 or 5G lte router and a modem or a combination router/modem, an exterior antenna, and 2 cameras. I would like to have POE connections on the router. I have watched many youtube videos on this type of equipment but most of them are using cheap routers and Chinese antennas and I have no confidence that they will work for me. You seem to be at a much higher level of knowledge in this area and I have watched your videos but I get lost in the terminology used in explaining things. I’m not a technical person.
If you could help me I would be truly grateful. I will be using a “T-Mobil” sim card.
I'm an old retired geezer, so cost would also be a factor.
Thanks, John

I live in Indonesia, and there are occasionally 3-4 hour power cuts. I am using an ASUS NAS with 62W power draw. I know that UPS typically aren't supposed to power things for hours, but could I buy a powerful UPS that could power my 62W NAS (lets say 120W for the calculation) for up to 4 hours. Recommended APC model?

I get the following error after the power adapter failed & I replaced it.  The drives were not changed.  Lenovo ix2-dl Not Ready Your device is in an inconsistent state because the original drives were replaced. You can either put the original drives back or perform a factory reset to erase all existing data and use the new drives. To perform a factory reset you must first clear the administrator password by pressing the reset button on the back of the device.

I want advise on suitable NAS to fulfill below demands,

- Two NAS at different locations (100 miles away)
- Both NAS will have same data
-When I work on any of the one NAS other should be synced with same data

Hi,

I've recently upgraded my router to a Synology rt6600ax one. I'm looking now at switches to complete the wiring and I'm undecided between a unmanaged or managed switch. I've been looking at the managed ubiquiti unifi flex mini but afraid the managed part of it won't be very compatible with the Synology router functionality. Right now I've split my network into safe home network, IoT and office for work laptops that are isolated. Does this makes sense or should I go for a simple unmanaged switch?

Thanks,
Andre

Dear Eddie / Robbie,
I am wathich your youtube channel and already found a lot of valuable information that helped me with my QNAP TS-673.
As I plan to move forward, I started thinking about Synology NAS (my sister got for her business 923+) and I liked the simplicity of Synology.
I am puzzled if I should stick with QNAP based on my new requirements.

NAS requirements:
- min 4 bay, 6 is OK
- 4 CPU cores (preferred)
- sync between NAS same brand (over internet too)
- backup email and workspace (google), data, photos
- video pass-through (Does Ryzen has it?)
- multimedia streaming
- survileance 2-4 cameras
- user friendly interface, straighforward, responsive, smooth experience
- good tech support
- min 2.5GB lan or PCI port
- virtual machine (1 is OK)
- encryption of data
- nvme ports (option)
- integrated GPU (preferred)
- no need to buy additional licences
Not needed: scalability, video editing
Don't like about QNAP: slugish, not intiutive, for IT geek, security issues.
Thank you

Thanks so much for instruction vid on setting this up PLEX on NAS.

I was using NAS for Content storage and running Plex server on Windows PC.

I have 2 questions

1. Created new server on SYN DS920 and all worked fine with the exception of Music. Plex can find any albums. Have pointed to correct folder and granted permission to Plex to R/W. Not sure how to trouble shoot. TV,movies & Pictures worked fine.

2. Is there any way to copy metadata (predominately on watch I have watched) from windows Plex server to NAS plex server.

There was a help on plex around copying all meta data but thought this might cause issues because directories ( although both same physical location) are described differently in windows OS & NAS OS

Thanks is advance for any help you can provide