Hey. I own a Qnap TS-873A. Have installed a GT 1030 - Gigabyte. I'm trying to understand why Plex doesn't use it when it has to transcode movies. Have all the drivers in place but the card is null, even if stream from my iphone a 4K movie via mobile network. Movie is playing ok, but the CPU is over 92% all the time. Can you give me any advice or configuration hint ?

Thanks in advance

Hi, I watched some of your videos on YouTube, and thought you would be the man to get some advice from.

I am a freelance motion designer (2D & 3D animation). I have a 2 computer setup (pc tower and MacBook) and I currently use Google drive to share files between machines. However this is becoming more and more unreliable as I keep getting disconnected from time to time and end up having to upload and sync everything again. So I'm looking to get a Synology Nas that can hold between 8-12tb and is as fast as possible. I'm used to working with local ssds so the closest I can get to that experience is what I'm looking for. I mainly work with huge ext image sequences and also large texture files (TIF, png, jpeg) occasionally 4k .mov but mainly I'm working with texture files in Cinema 4d and then large image sequences in After Effects.

So Im basically looking for advice on what to get.

Let me know if you need any more info on my setup and needs.

Thanks

Hi All,

Great Vids on YT guys & always watch them! ?

Couldn't seem to find much on the forum so here goes....

Migrated from from a TP-431P which has worked well for years but when the local dealer listed the new LS-462 for less than half price it was too good to be true but was so ... boom!!

We have migrated our HD's between them & have B/U, zeroed vol. & restored our data so able to use snapshots etc.

At the same time we upgraded the RAM from 2GB to 16GB! ?

Now we are considering adding NVMe cache and/or Qtier & a 5/10 Gbe PCIe NIC?

Questions are:-

1. What size Cache is appropriate for our NAS size & usage?

2. Should we use Qtier & again if so what size?

3. Can/should we mix both the above? Is there additional benefit instead of having one or the other?

4. What NIC would be suitable? A 5 or 10 Gbe? Both can can be used in our new DMS-106XT 2.5Gbe/10Gbe switch!

Look forward to any & all ideas, suggestions & solutions to optimize our shiny new NAS! ?

Cheers,

Tas

Sorry to bother you.
Just one quick question:

Is it possible that the Synologyh NVR1218 storage speed be limited to only 50-60MB/s ? Maybe by the main board or CPU ?

Even with WD Red SSD. No command or service runs faster than ~60MB/s.
Samba, FTP, local RSYNC, lcoal cp command, wget, etc.

Can any Synology be that slow ?!

Thanks.

Could you please advise on the quietest 20 TB HDD?

Is the ST20000NE000 quieter than the ST20000NT001?

Regarding music streaming (one of my primary use cases) I want to use a NAS for storing and streaming FLAC, WAV and MP3 files. I have a Network hi-fi receiver (Marantz NR1200) but have been underwhelmed by the HEOS streaming system used by Marantz - I find it clunky and error-prone. If I introduce a NAS into my home network (I am looking at Synology or QNAP) can the control of music selection, playback, playlist management, etc. move to the NAS software (e.g. PLEX?) or would the Marantz still be the primary controller of those activities? You may surmise that I would like the Marantz to be used as a multi-room amplifier only and cut HEOS from my life!

Hello

I'm planning to buy a NAS, just waiting a bit for potentially better price of DS223 or taking maybe DS220+, important for me is that it has BTRFS for snapshots.

I have 2 questions.

1. I wish to keep the device in the same room as I sleep and I wish it to be quiet as possible. I don't need a lot of space, at the moment I have less than 1TB on my internal drive taken. I'm considering buying 2x1TB SSD, because higher capacities of SSD's are too expensive for that idea. Alternatively, I'll go with 4TB Ironwolfs. How loud it is when the hard-drives run, or do they spin-off in case of being not used at night, and only spin-on in case of actual drive access or also randomly?

2. I plan to from Windows to Fedora. On YouTube there is almost nothing useful about Fedora related Synology NAS videos. I wonder if you could make a video about using Synology NAS with linux, if Fedora even better. I wonder about how network shares and Synology Drive works there.

Thanks,
Denis

I found you when looking at the Asustor Flashstor 6 FS6706T - 6 Bay All-SSD NAS Storage. I was looking for a NAS that uses SSD, but am happy to hear your thoughts on SSD NAS vs SATA. I am happy to access via usb or Ethernet. My wife and I work from our RV, so small is important. My primary use case is editing up to 4K video and secondary to use as backup for two laptops.
Thanks for any guidance and recommendations you may have.
I appreciated your insights in your YouTube videos.
Best Regards.

Hello, looking for suggestions on an easy to use / setup NAS solution.

Hi guys, really been enjoying your videos comparing different models of NAS. I saw the video comparing the DS1522+ vs. DS920+ and the 923+ plex review videos and want to make sure that I buy the correct one for my needs. I only need it for Plex Media Server to be able to share remote files between multiple other homes as well as locally on my own network. The biggest takeaway from the videos was that the 920+ was able to process the 4K files better. At this time I do not have anything 4K but with the purchase expected to be a 5-10yr investment who knows where we will be with standard video quality in the future. It is not my biggest priority at this time but a good thing to keep in mind down the road. My greatest concern right now is making sure that if multiple streams are being done over remote access Plex users it won't drop the play rate for them. Any help with choosing the best Synology model for my situation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.