I'm looking into purchasing a Synology Nas this holiday season to transfer my Plex server from my main PC. I need to be able to play seamless 4K movies in HDR. I have 7 users on my Plex account (one in Japan) and would like them to be able to use it while I watch a 25-40GB 4K file of "The Dark Knight" for example. Love the channel, but would love to hear your personal feelings on my situation.

Hi base on your reviews, I purchase a TVS-h874-i7-32G-US, with 5- IronWolf Pro 12tb hard drives (RAID 6) and 2- 500Gb SN700 NVMe SSDs (RAID 1). Planning to use Plex with Fire TV 4K max streamers. All is up and running. Primary concern it the theater. I understand that the Fire TV Sticks don't pass though DTS.
1) What does the Fi re TV transcode the Auto into when the Source is DTS 7.1? Does this represent any significant loss of audio experience?
2) If so, what are my options to resolve?

Thank you so much for the help.
Larry

Hi, I have a NUC8i3 running PMS, local database, no media data, with PlexPass and (USB) 2.5 Gb ethernet network connection combined with a DS1010+ (with a mix of SATA2 and SATA3 disks) connected by LAGG 2Gb eth. I would like to place my primary video and perhaps music library into a more powerful SATA6 based NAS with 2x1Gb LAGG or 2.5Gb etherent. I presume Music files demands are not an issue. I recognise that the PMS device should ideally be upgraded to improve 4k transcoding. That is a wip.

What NAS series or model (2-4bay) would you recommend for the data to maximise/optimise data transfer to the PMS? It runs as a pure NAS, no apps. Is 2.5Gb network connection sufficient between the PMS and NAS esp with increasing file sizes and the demands of 4K material. Do I have an issue that even needs solving?

Thanks in anticpation.

Hi!
First of all ... big thank you for sharing your knowledge - I am a NAS beginner with no IT-background and know most of what I know from your YouTube - channel.

My question is:
Is it an advantage / does it make sense to install two 1TB SATA SSDs using RAID 1 on a Synology DS1621+ purely as storage pool / volume for DSM 7 and packages when setting up the system
and then, in a second step, add 4 SATA HDDs to the DS1621+ in a SHR (or RAID 5) array as data storage pool?
I want to use the DS1621+ mainly for photo & video editing and got curious about using a mix of HDDs and SSDs when I saw videos about e.g. the QNAP TS-h973AX, which offers the possibility to add HDDs as well as SATA but also NVMe PCIe SSDs.

What about using an M.2 SSD storage pool on the DS1621+ for DSM and packages?
Would there be any advantage in e.g. having the Lightroom catalogue and photos that are currently being edited on an SSD storage pool / volume (either SATA SSDs or M.2 NVMe SSDs)?

Kind Regards!
Mario

I'm looking for a nas to share my 4k video library on my devices! at home it will be my NVIDIA shield which will do the decoding but on smartphone or tablet a transcoding to 1080 may be necessary on occasion if the bitrate is missed

I'm trying to set up a new DS1821+

Tray
1) 2TB SSD [DSM + VMs, Containers and user data]
2) Space for second 2TB SSD [Which I now have]
3 to 6 8TB 3.5inch HDD [Main volume.
7 Space for future.
8) 4TB HDD for Surveillance station recordings.

DSM 7.1 is installed. I would like to add a second 2TB SSD in tray 2 and turn both SSDs into a raid 1 for redundancy.

What's the best route to achieve this? Note: there is no data on any of the other disks.

Thanks in advance,
Peter.

I have Elecgear Ps5 Heat sink that goes on the ssd cover but I'm planning to buy a 4tb firecuda 530 , theres no harm in using 2 heat sinks right ....maybe no difference but won't harm it? Potentially better ?

Hello, I would like to ask for your help in finding a solution similar to QDA-A2MAR from QNAP. But in this case, it would be for Synology. Or to know if this one from QNAP is compatible with Synology, specifically the DS620Slim model. It would be a way to add more storage to this NAS, which is limited by the maximum sizes of 2.5" disks for NAS. Thank you for your help! Regards!

Hi. Value your YouTube videos. Want to have a NAS that I divide into two storage "areas." One for protecting important family docs, the second is the very important one: all family slides (~1,000 35mm or more), videos, scanned pictures, plus DVDs...the entire family's multi-media and history. Loss of this data is not an option. Want advanced features like facial recognition, advanced means for cataloging, then sharing with family via a vpn interface. Running a 1 Gbps rated network. Willing to pay now for ability to expand later (e.g., M.2 cache or drive. Unsure what HDD sizes. Thanks.

Hi Guys,

i have a Qnap TS-664 NAS and currently 3 4TB Drives in RAID5.
Now i am planing on expanding the drives and can't decide wich of the following would be the best way to go:

All with 6 Drives:

- Raid 5 + Hotspare(s)
- Raid 6 + Hotspare
- Raid 6

Thanks in advance!

Benjamin