This question is about capabilities in Synology or maybe other providers allow this.

Is it possible to create this setup:
- DISK 1 (2TB)
- PARTITION 1.1 (1TB)
- PARTITION 1.2 (1TB)
- DISK 2 (2TB)
- PARTITION 2.1 (1TB)
- PARTITION 2.2 (1TB)

RAID 0 = 1.1 + 2.1 (2TB total) assumption - faster to read and write (striping), no redundancy
RAID 1 = 1.2 + 2.2 (1TB total) assumption - redundancy, but slower than RAID 0

I'm looking at buying DS220+ I care about speed for some and redundancy for other data. And the ability to have two types of RAID on partitions not disks would be perfect for my needs.

Does this make sense?

I have a full Drobo 5C. I have a PC with two thunderbolt 4 ports. Was hoping to get a Thunderbolt 4 drobo but just found out now that they have gone under. For me the most important thing about drobo is that I can hot swap out drives as my needs grow. My 5C is full. I have a box of hard drives from the past that I was hoping to toss into a 2nd Thunderbolt 4 drobo and grow it to being full just as I did my 5C. From your video it seems like there are no viable/afforable truly Thunderbolt 4 devices out there. Hoping to spend not much more than $600 or so on the enclosure, start with my current extra drives and grow it as I have my drobos over the year.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi,

What I currently have: TS-231P with 2x WD Red 6TB drives, so very much entry level. I do not want more storage (more disks).

My main use cases are:
1- Music Streaming (using Plex), the 231P works fine for that.
2- TV Shows and Movies (that I own) using Plex. It isn't powerful enough for the majority of use cases (not supported messages), and I'd like to stream to one person (I'm by myself) to a web browser over the network, or my TV app (Plex), or have the capacity on a tablet/phone. Always 1 stream.
3- Offload my torrent downloads to my NAS (currently possible)
4- (Very) Light use of Docker Containers (not currently possible with 231P)

I do not want to overpay just to have encoding or Docker containers, but really just want to have at least 1 stream and have Home Automation (Docker) running (not many containers running).

Hi Rob,

I'm looking for a good Synology NAS. My main interest is in photo editing and file protection (backup). I'm mainly looking for a Synolgy 4 bays.
At the moment, I use Lightroom Classic to edit images. My Lr catalogues are on an iMac M1 and the photo files are on a Synology DS220j NAS (2-4GB HDD) connected to the iMac by an Ethernet cable. It's not very fast for image processing!
Which Synology NAS would best meet my editing and backup needs?
Is there a better way of connecting to the NAS than RJ-45, for working, while retaining the redundancy (RAID) that a NAS provides? I'm thinking of the USB-3 port... If so, how does that work?
Thanks for your work and your always good advice!
Have a nice day,
Michel

Looking for a video solution for our creative agency. We are the creative section of HEAD sports, looking to get a nas system and cloud workflow solution. Our video team, currently 3, looking for NAS which will allow us to edit from as well as back-up and store files.

Any help would be great!

George Willment

Hellow,

Newbie here recently bought Synology DS118 ,Need advice for best android backup workflow with NAS ,backup including photos & music ,as my phone is running out of storage.

Thanks.

Hello,

I would like to ask you this.
If i have the chance to buy a ds720+ for the same price of a ds220+/ds224+ (300-350€), do you think it is a good deal?
I am asking this because i am afraid i can loose some feature DSM update because of being an older model than ds224+, despite being the same hardware, or will they become obsolete at the same time?

I also would like you opinion on amazon pre-populated NASes with hard drives. Do you think there are any disadvantages? Regarding to quality/price/performance/warranty or any other you can think of?

And regarding to RAM, is it completely safe to upgrade it to (unofficial) 8GB?
Is it possible to have problems in the future by a DSM update breaking the compatibility?

Thank you very much for your help.

Looking at building my first NAS. Does the synology DS220+ pair well with the Seagate ironwolf pro 16TB (NE-ST16000NE000). Or any recommendations for a better system/configurations.

We would like to have our 20tb of archive media and next 5 years of 4k-8k production media in one place assessable around the world on multiple devices both for quick ipad edits and field backups to larger scale multi editors working on the same project at the same time solutions.

The rs2423c vs the ds1823xs+

Or should we look at a non synology solution?

Hi I'm looking for a media server solution for my home, to play flac music current library 6tb plus flac, dsd files and haven't converted my dvds or blu-ray discs yet but planning on doing mkv format. First time doing this current movie collection around 300 dvds, 200 blu-ray discs. Right now only play music on my pc and movies on my player but looking to stream now my library. Hope you can help on recommendation on a device for my needs with something affordable and future proof for at least 4 years or more.