Hi--
I bought the AS5402T (Nimbustor) this summer as my first NAS and am ready to add my first NVME SSD in addition to the 2 SATA HDDs in the bays.
Is my logic correct that since the PCIe lanes are Gen3, I will get the full speed available by purchasing Gen3 SSD, i.e. I would get no benefit by buying Gen4?
Amazon has the Crucial P3 4TB PCIe Gen3 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD available for $159 on Cyber Monday. There's no need for me to buy, say, Samsung 990 or 980, correct?

I have a 3TB HDD full of photos and videos and I have another 3TB drive as backup. You can probably guess the rest. My HDD failed and when I checked the backup HDD, it had also failed. I'm hoping:
1. I can retrieve the data from the failed HDD's
2. I want to ensure it doesn't happen to me again.
I've got all of my business files on Google Drive and would like to have a local copy. If I can have a system where I can ditch Google Drive, or just get by with their free plan, that would be a bonus. There's about 80GB of data on Google Drive and my business has been running for 3 years. Ideally, I want it to be pretty user-friendly. Right now, we have 7 devices with a mix of Mac and PC. Suggestions please?

You wrote in your guide that only the switch needs to be upgraded not the router. Don't you need the router also for local adress translation? And isn't all the home traffic run through the router? And wouldn't consequently keeping the old router create a bottleneck in the home lan?

i am looking for a recommendation on a nas for a small print shop. the editing station loads the print or cut file to the server than the respective station pulls the respective files. we have a network in place but need to upgrade the server system and a nas seemed like the best budget friendly option. the files are not individually that large (normally less than 1.5gb) but the boss wants longish term storage on the nas.
security and being able to assign differing levels of file access to each device is important. and the ability to monitor the server is also quite important

After watching your videos i seem to have a Mountain of questions so here goes.
I’ve bought a Synology 923+, week it’s actually Christmas present (I can’t wait and you hate seagulls). I have a Mac Studio that has a 10Gbps connection, so I was thinking as an upgrade would it not be good idea to buy the 10Gbps card for my NAS along with a 10Gbps network switch. Another question is which netswitch I should buy there are so many out there. One model I have seen is a QNAP QSW-2104-2T 2-Port 10GbE RJ45 5-Port on amazon.de. Will this switch the correct type? If not could you suggest any, and do you think this would be a good upgrade?
Kind regards

Hello, fellow NAS enthusiasts!

I recently bought a QNAP TS-262 and started to add components to it (HDD, M2 SSDs for now).
Ever since I have opened the case I have seen that contrary to most product presentation videos (including the one on nascompares yt channel), it doesn't have the memory soldered on the MB, but it has two SODIMM slots! The first one has a pre-seated 4Gb module, with a seal so we don't mess around and lose the warranty, the other one is empty.
Now, this triggered a huge itch for me to try and add - at least - another 4Gb module to the empty slot. To be sure, I have asked QNAP tech support, who keeps saying that the specs state, that on this model the memory cannot be upgraded. On the other hand, looking at hardware info from QTS i see the following:
   
   
Tech support also told me about some conflicts (?) I may be experiencing if I add another SODIMM, although they specifically said that I will not lose warranty if I add another module...
My questions are: 
1. Any of you seen this, or have experience with TS-264-2G, which has upgradable memory? I have a feeling that I've gotten a TS-264-2G motherboard on my NAS for some reason...
2. Would it be worth it to buy a memory module and install it in the NAS? If yes, which type/manufacturer?

Any comments or thoughts are much appreciated!

Regards,
csab

Hi!

Love your helpful videos! Need advice on NAS setup for Plex and media storage with 4x20TB Ironwolf Pro HDDs (ST20000NT001). Considering Synology DS923+ or QNAP TS-464-8G.

Concerns:
1. Transcoding: Unsure if DS923+ is suitable despite benchmark testing.
2. RAID 1 - SHR1 vs. SHR2: Determine the better choice.
3. 10 Gbit/s: I don't believe currently needed for my use case.
4. Plex Lifetime Pass for hardware transcoding: Will purchase.
5. HDD compatibility: Conflicting info on 18 & 20TB compatibility with DS923+.
6. Noise: I have a suitable location for the NAS so noise is not an issue.
7. RAM: Minimum 8GB; plan to upgrade is there any product you specifically recommend depending ont he model I select


Notes:
- Usage: Youtube footage will be storage only. I work off my PC's project drive to edit.

I've seen that synology has a compatibility list and doesn't have amazon firesticks and such. Does terramaster support many devices for video out?

Firstly, thank you for the videos on youtube, they have helped me understand a little more.
My question is, I have a TS664 and a TS251, I have 2 SSD in the TS664, 1 x 256GB, 1 2TB, I am also going to install 3x16GB (RAID 5) also to start. This will be my main storage and work station. I would the like to give my TS251 with 2x 4gb (Mirrored) drives to my video editor.

What I would like to do is have the 256gb as apps and containers for my plex server, 2TB as a read cache and then the 3xHDD as main storage for my photos, videos and movies/tv/music for plex. At night the videos to edit would then sync remotely to my editor where he could then download the proxies and work on a job and re-upload them to his TS251 which would then sync back to me.

Firstly is this possible, 2nd is the configuration correct? Should I have the SSDs in a particular volume?

Apologies I am quite new to this and only ever used my NAS for basic storage.

Thank you,
Michael

I sometimes work with a remote video editor. It's not an incredible amount of data. 10TB maximum per project, then they get shelved. I would like to setup a system where my editor automatically has what ever I offload. I don't care if it is the newest, just want it to work.

I am working off a Mac. Davinci Studio. Regular old Fiber Internet. I also own 6 4-8TB Sata SSD's.